Do you really want a clinical ethicist to be your medical power of attorney?
This is the story of how I became my aunt’s medical power of attorney. It was almost 10 p.m. on a Tuesday, and my phone
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Policywise
Dietary supplements, vitamin A, and regulation: a call to action
Dietary supplements in the United States are considered foods by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and thus they are not subject to the same
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Celebrating bioethics and its role in our society
Across the globe, bioethicists are passionately researching answers to new challenges, asking difficult questions and uncovering new approaches that may one day alter how we
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Is Terminator inevitable?
If you think about ethics and robots, what comes to mind? “The Jetsons?” “2001: A Space Odyssey?” “Terminator?” I recently led a bioethics journal club
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Alone at the hands of healthcare: hospital visitor policies during the COVID-19 pandemic
March 2021, a phone call from Caleb Iness: “Hey Audra, my friend’s dad is in the hospital with a stroke and no one can visit
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Screening and treating food insecurity in the clinic setting: a starting point
Imagine what it would be like if you opened your cupboards or refrigerator and found barely enough food to pull a single meal together. What
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Environmental justice: How physical, social, and structural surroundings impact health
The environment—everything from the water we drink to the conditions in which we live—impacts health. Environmental justice is a broad term or movement that at
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How to protect patients’ rights and abide by mental health laws
How do you get consent for mental health services for psychoactive medications (i.e. medication with the capability to alter mood, anxiety, behavior or cognitive processes)
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Reimagine what our world’s potential can be
What more can we do to make a difference, not only in our own lives but in the lives of people all over the world?
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Reframe what it means to achieve in life and promote your own health
Our world is changing at an alarmingly rapid pace and each of us are changing as well. Two recent talks as part of Baylor College
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