Tag Archives: Bioethics

Academic Bioethics & Patient Voices

I was delighted to participate, yesterday, in Munson Healthcare's 4th Annual Clinical Ethics Conference.  A real highlight of the day was a compelling and beautifully delivered reflection from a mother, Melissa Fournier, about her very premature daughter. While she included her … Continue reading

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Defining Moments in Pediatric Bioethics

The 15th Annual Pediatric Bioethics Conference at Seattle Children's is once again offering a compelling program with top speakers.  While the conference includes issues of adolescent decision-making and organ transplants, it also heavily focuses on end-of-life issues like brain death … Continue reading

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Bioethics in Post-Acute and Long Term Care – It's Not Just for Hospitals

Most U.S. hospitals have an ethics mechanism. But bioethics committees and consultants are far less common in long-term and post-acute care settings. Karl Steinberg is working to fill this gap. In the February 2019 issue of Provider magazine, he explains how a … Continue reading

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National Council on Disability Statement on Bioethics and Medical Decision Making for People with Disabilities in Advance of Upcoming Report

The National Council on Disability just released the following statement. Fortunately, it acknowledges that "there are situations where there are legitimate grounds for not providing medical treatment." "NCD strongly opposes the medical community, or anyone, making broad generalizations about the quality of … Continue reading

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Is There a Lingua Franca for Bioethics at the End of Life?

Twenty years ago, Art Derse published "Is There a Lingua Franca for Bioethics at the End of Life?" in the Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, where he assessed Cohen-Almagor's argument that many widely-used seemingly objective terms in bioethics are value-laden.  … Continue reading

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