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What DIYers can teach us about prosthetic care

July 23, 2020 3D printing, Additive manufacturing, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, DIY, Jared Howell, Orthotics and Prosthetics

Professor Jared Howell explores how 3D printing and additive manufacturing in prosthetic care can become common practice.

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Feeding children during the COVID-19 pandemic

July 14, 2020 Caregivers, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, children, COVID-19, Dr. Alexis Wood, Eating, Feeding, Food

I helped write the American Heart Association’s Scientific Statement about how caregivers can create a food environment which fosters good health in young children. And

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Equity in COVID-19: Who will have access to life-saving treatment?

June 26, 2020 Baylor College of Medicine International Pediatric AIDS Initiative, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Health Disparities, health equity, public health

Is treatment available? Can I afford it? These questions are universally asked by many people — from the 65-year-old Medicare recipient at the local pharmacy

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No more silence: Confronting racism in medicine

June 19, 2020 Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Medicine, Prejudice, Racism

As part of a new generation of healthcare workers tasked to provide care for everyone, regardless of race, gender, insurance status, or disability, medical professionals

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Racism: Not a pandemic, but a chronic disease

June 12, 2020 African American, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Haley Jackson Manley, Racism

It’s more than just semantics that irks me when people talk about racism as a pandemic. A pandemic implies an outbreak. A disease that is

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Rationing of healthcare before, during and after COVID-19

June 5, 2020 Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, COVID-19, Dr. Hadley Stevens Smith, Rationing

Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, it became evident the United States would face difficult resource allocation decisions. Projected shortages of ventilators and beds in hospital

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Hungry to help: Food insecurity and COVID-19

May 26, 2020 Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Food Bank, Food insecurity, SNAP

In our hiatus from clinics, Baylor College of Medicine students have kept busy. Some have perfected hobbies, including baking, gardening, and golfing. Others have advanced

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How the humanities can connect us during a pandemic

May 15, 2020 Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Dr. Andrew Childress, Humanities, Narrative Medicine, Pandemic

Humans are no strangers to sudden outbreaks of deadly diseases. Yellow fever, smallpox, cholera, influenza, the list goes on. In times of crisis, we naturally

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An argument for reusable PPE

May 7, 2020 Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Coronavirus, COVID-19, PPE, Reusable, Supplies

“Do you want to come in?” the resident physician asked me as she held out one of the many blue plastic gowns. “No thank you,

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The cost conundrum of care

May 1, 2020 Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, ethics, medical ethics

While on shift, an emergency physician sews up a large laceration. Her patient is uninsured. On her way to print discharge instructions, the physician stops