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Hospital ethics committees: An untapped resource in charity care allocation

December 6, 2024 charity care,  ethics,  Hospital,  hospital ethics committees,  policies,  public trust

A closer look at hospital ethics committees and their opportunity to become champions of ethical resource allocation.

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Compassion beyond hospital curtains and prison bars 

November 22, 2024 ASBH,  compassionate release,  End of Life,  patient care,  Prison

Physicians’ roles extend beyond treating illnesses to include advocating for humane policies that ensure comfort and compassion.

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Why comprehensive metrics matter in patient outcome studies  

November 15, 2024 Donors,  organ allocation policies,  patient outcomes research,  Patient-centered care,  Transplant

A closer look at patient outcomes studies and current organ allocation policies for liver, heart and lung transplants.

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Medical residency and advocacy: Even small contributions can have a significant impact

November 1, 2024 Advocacy,  health advocacy,  medical trainees,  physician-advocate,  policy,  residency

While our residency training is often focused on gaining medical knowledge, clinical expertise and patient care skills, our role as resident physicians in healthcare advocacy

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Easy ways to incorporate inclusion into a busy academic life

October 25, 2024 academic medicine,  biomedical research,  diverse,  Inclusion,  representation

Achieving high-quality medical care, research and innovation to improve lives is only possible by bringing together the talents and energy of the entire community. Health

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What really counts: understanding who becomes a living kidney donor

October 18, 2024 donor,  donor kidney transplantation,  kidney donor,  Transplant

The bioethical debate surrounding live kidney donation involves  personal autonomy and the inherent risks to the donor’s health. Advocates maintain that capable individuals should have

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Probiotics and preemies: Ensuring safety amid uncertainty

October 11, 2024 Dietary supplements,  FDA,  necrotizing enterocolitis,  neonatology,  NICU,  pediatrics,  probiotics,  Regulation

As a neonatologist dedicated to the care of premature infants, I constantly navigate the delicate balance between innovation and caution in the treatments we offer.

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Why do so few eligible patients undergo bariatric surgery?

October 4, 2024 Bariatric surgery,  Equity,  Obesity,  semaglutide,  Weight Loss

Bariatric surgery is an effective and durable treatment for individuals with obesity and its related health conditions. However, only a tiny minority of eligible patients

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Protecting your baby from RSV: What every parent needs to know

September 27, 2024 immunization,  infant,  mother,  pediatrics,  Pregnancy,  Respiratory syncytial virus,  RSV,  vaccine

Having a sick baby can be a parent’s nightmare. Imagine your baby has been sick for a few days, and the pediatrician tells you it’s

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Shifting boundaries of premature birth: Ethical implications of periviability

September 20, 2024 corticosteroids,  ethics,  neonatal intensive care,  neonatologists,  obstetricians,  periviability,  premature birth

Since the 1960s, the gestational age at which babies can survive outside the uterus, called periviability, has decreased by one week per decade. The intrinsic

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Blood vessels (magenta) intertwined with metastatic medulloblastoma tumor cells (green) nestled within the protective layers that surround the mouse spinal cord. From the Labs: a closer look at metastatic medulloblastoma

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