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Healthcare workers walking down a hallway while having a conversation.

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

A neurosurgeon facing away from the camera while studying images of a patient.

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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

Four people, seen from above, working together with various computing devices.

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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

A spiraling collection of stained glass windows.

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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.

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The path forward: a more inclusive healthcare system

August 5, 2022 access to care, American College of Physicians, health policy, Healthcare, U.S. healthcare system, universal coverage

Editor’s note: This is the second post in a two-part series. Read the first part here. In January 2020, the American College of Physicians (ACP)

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Healthcare as a human right

July 29, 2022 Access, Health Insurance, Healthcare, Human Right, United States, Universal Healthcare

Editor’s note: This is the first post in a two-part series. Read the second part here. The right to healthcare has long been recognized in

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Stuck in the middle: Principles for establishing a pediatric intermediate care unit

July 8, 2022 American Academy of Pediatrics, children and infants, children’s hospital, CMS recognition, critical care, critically ill, pediatric critical care, pediatric intensive care unit, Pediatric intermediate care units, Texas Children's Hospital

In 2019, joint authors from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Section on Critical Care (SOCC) and the Society of Critical Care Medicine published an