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A child holding a red heart-shaped piece of paper.

A closer look at efforts to reduce wait times and increase access to care for individuals and families of individuals with IDD.

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Exploring spirituality and healthcare ethics through “A Still Small Voice”

March 29, 2024 "a still small voice", documentary, ethics, Religion, spirituality

In a world where access to healthcare can mean the difference between life and death, and even the best healthcare cannot always ward off death,

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Navigating future planning: Aging and intellectual and developmental disabilities

March 22, 2024 Aging, Autism, caregiver, cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, intellectual and developmental disabilities, spina bifida, Transition Medicine Clinic

In a raw and vulnerable moment, a patient’s mother confided in me, “I’m deeply concerned about who will care for my son when I’m no

A prosthetic wrist and hand being fitted to a patient.

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Next-gen prosthetics: Ethically pioneering ideas and futuristic opportunities

March 1, 2024 Baylor College of Medicine’s Orthotics and Prosthetics Program, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, ethics, Interdisciplinary Consortium on Advanced Motion Performance Lab (iCAMP), limbs, prosthetic technology, prosthetics, Technology, University of Washington’s Department of Rehabilitation Medicine

We can all name a TV show or movie character who has a prosthetic limb: Imperator Furiosa’s arm from “Mad Max: Fury Road,” Bucky Barnes’

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Wounded healers: Greek myth or transformative metaphor for medicine today?

February 23, 2024 critical care, meaning, organizational culture, Pain, professional suffering, Purpose, well-being

Suffering in medicine is palpable and comes in different forms – a bounding arterial pulse, an anguished cry of a baby, or it may be

Looking down at feet in front of arrows pointing forward, left and right.

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Preferences: Cleaning up the concept and its use

February 16, 2024 Baruch A. Brody Lecture, bioethics, patient preferences, patient’s values, policy, preferences, Values

This post is a preview of a presentation for the Baruch A. Brody Lecture in Bioethics. Want to learn more about this topic? Tune into the lecture Feb.

A doctor showing a vial of medicine to a young patient.

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Zero cervical cancer cases? Examining a victory over HPV and the power of prevention.

February 9, 2024 Adolescents, Advocacy, CDC, cervical cancer, HPV, hpv vaccine, pediatrics, vaccine

An important study emerged recently out of Scotland, casting a beam of hope onto the battleground against cervical cancer. The revelation? Not a single case

Four military members standing in front of an American flag with rainbow-colored stripes.

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Years after the repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell”: how are we protecting transgender individuals in the military?

February 2, 2024 Discrimination, equality, gender-affirming care, LGBTQ, military, policy, transgender, VA, Veterans, Veterans Health Administration

Research continues to show that transgender individuals face worse mental health outcomes than their cisgender counterparts, including higher rates of suicide attempts and serious psychological

A researcher placing specimens into a machine.

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Searching for equity in payer coverage of genetic tests

January 26, 2024 children, genetic test, Medicaid, pediatric patients, private insurance, Rare Diseases

Despite the advancement of clinical genetic tests to diagnose rare diseases and the benefits of identifying a genetic diagnosis for pediatric patients and their families,