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Does a disease impact your identity?

September 30, 2022 adolescent, Brain, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, deep brain stimulation, OCD, Pediatric Deep Brain Stimulation, Summer Interns, Technology

This is the fifth in an ongoing series by Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy summer interns, undergraduate/graduate students interested in emerging ethical issues. What are the

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Reflections from a clinical ethics intern

September 23, 2022 Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center, Center of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Clinical Ethicist, clinical ethics, Houston Methodist, Summer Interns

This is the forth in an ongoing series by Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy summer interns, undergraduate/graduate students interested in emerging ethical issues. “How to become a

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More than neurosurgeons: combatting firearm-related traumatic brain injury

September 16, 2022 Brain, Firearm, Firearm-Related Traumatic Brain Injury (frTBI), Neurosurgeons, Neurosurgery, Pedatric, policy, trauma, traumatic brain injury

Firearm-related deaths in children and adolescents have reached a tipping point in the United States. In 2020, firearm-related injuries became the leading cause of death

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Patient trust and public-private partnerships in neuroscience

September 9, 2022 bioethics, BRAINShare, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Ethics Sumer Interns, Neuroscience, Patient Trust, Public-Private Partnerships

This is the third in an ongoing series by Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy summer interns, undergraduate/graduate students interested in emerging ethical issues. I knew I

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A renaissance of research on psychedelics is on the rise

September 2, 2022 Center of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Ethics Sumer Interns, Medicine, psychedelic, Research

This is the second in an ongoing series by Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy summer interns, undergraduate/graduate students interested in emerging ethical issues. There is

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Interrogating the brain on trial: neuroscience, ethics and the law

August 26, 2022 Brain, brain imaging, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, ethics, Ethics Sumer Interns, law, Neuroscience, Philosophy

This is the first in an ongoing series by Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy summer interns, undergraduate/graduate students interested in emerging ethical issues.

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Inaccurate oxygen readings: the problem with pulse oximeters

August 19, 2022 Biases, FDA, inaccuracy, oxygen, policy, Pulse oximeters, racial and ethnic minority patients, regulatory requirements

Pulse oximeters are medical devices that measure how much oxygen is available in the body. This measurement, called the oxygen saturation, is a vital sign

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Forced to flee: Barriers to care in local refugee populations

August 12, 2022 Houston, inequities, marginalized population, migration crisis, Obstacles to care, Refugee, trauma

With an unrivaled 100 million individuals forcibly displaced from their homes in the past year, the world has witnessed a global refugee and migration crisis.