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A well-meaning colleague once said to me, “You probably wouldn’t want to do this since you just had a baby.” “So this is it how

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A memo to my younger self: Fellowship 101

October 11, 2019 Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, clinical ethics, clinician, Fellow, Trevor Bibler

Memo: Your clinical ethics fellowship Date: 10/11/2019 To: Trevor Bibler, clinical ethics fellow From: Trevor Bibler, clinical ethicist Hey! Congrats on the new job. You

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Racism is detrimental to our health

October 4, 2019 Adiaha Spinks-Franklin, anti-racist, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Health Disparities

For the past two years, I’ve been leading a team committed to promoting anti-racism in medicine. We’ve traveled across the country to train healthcare professionals

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Finding compassion and resilience in grief

September 27, 2019 Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Child Death, Grief, Jill Oliver Robinson, Mourning

The year after my daughter Abby died, a collaborator asked how I was doing. Wanting to play it cool, I said, “I’m okay, thanks. Life

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Do no harm: A moral imperative to be the change in healthcare

September 20, 2019 Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, health policy, Healthcare, Listening, Resident

“Can you please come see Mr. S in room six? His nose is bleeding, and he is very angry,” the nurse calls. Calls like this

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The high costs of diabetes medications

September 13, 2019 Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Costs, Diabetes, Diabetics, health policy

You can do a lot of things with $1,700 – buy a high-end MacBook with all of the bells and whistles, go on a shopping

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Uncharted waters: Navigating requests for experimental medicines

September 6, 2019 Access, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Dr. Christopher Scott, Expanded Access Program, Hannah Bablak, investigational drugs, Oncologists, Right-to-Try Act

In May 2018, the federal Right-to-Try Act was signed into law, claiming a new and improved option for patients with no therapeutic options to obtain

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The potential impact of contraceptive apps

August 30, 2019 Apps, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Contraception, Technology

Earlier this summer, new changes were implemented to the Title X family planning program, the federal program dedicated to providing a wide range of reproductive

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‘Please respond:’ Crafting an effective research survey

August 23, 2019 Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Laura Torgerson, Survey

What compels a busy health professional to participate in a research survey? Health professionals have a poor track record of participating in survey research related

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The hardship of being homeless: Why help is needed

August 9, 2019 Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Dr. Fabrizia Faustinella, Homeless, Incarceration, Mental Illness

More than 550,000 people, including about 36,000 unaccompanied youth under the age of 25, are homeless in the United States on any given night and