Author / Monica Delles
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Four Words She Uses All the Time
Autonomy. Justice. Non-maleficence. Beneficence. “I use those four basic principles of bioethics all the time!” said Barbara Bollier, a retired anesthesiologist, former Kansas State Senator, and longtime Center for Practical Bioethics volunteer and Legacy Society member.
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Case Study – Moral Authority: Is the Feeding Tube Necessary?
Bioethics case study on moral authority and healthcare ethics in VIDEO and PRINT. Even though he knew she wouldn’t have wanted the tube, he was afraid she might be suffering from hunger as she was dying.
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Case Studies: AI in Healthcare
Recognizing and understanding the risks of AI in healthcare can be hard. These case studies of AI in healthcare highlight the difficulties in implementing the algorithms.
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Living Our Values in Challenging Times
In his role as President and CEO of the Center, Dr. James Stowe is uncovering a granite resolve to stay upright against the headwinds of challenging times. To do so, he relies on the Center’s core values – dignity, advocacy, justice and action. In these personal remarks, Dr. Stowe delves into the ways that the Center lives its values.
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April 29 2025 Email Newsletter
In this month’s e-newsletter, we discuss how algorithms raise ethical issues through four case studies, learn why Maggie Nuestadt serves as a board member, highlight an article on the increasing need for bioethicists, preview a new Ethics Dispatch, and provide a new video case study.
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Case Study – The Law or Ethics: Which Should Take Priority?
Bioethics case study on law and ethics in VIDEO and PRINT. What is legally supported isn’t always ethically supported. So what do you do when these two ideas conflict? Do you prioritize what you believe is right for the patient, or do you follow what the law allows?
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Maggie Neustadt Brings Risk Management and Clinical Ethics Goals Together
The primary goal of risk management in healthcare, according to Maggie Neustadt, Vice President for Risk Management for the BJC Health System, is to be a creative problem solver. To find compromises to complicated medical/ethical/legal questions.
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March 25 2025 Email Newsletter
Are we expecting too much from AI in healthcare? In this month’s e-newsletter, we discuss these expectations, Dr. Anderson’s personal journey toward empowered End-of-Life Choices for NHDD, and closer look at our ethics services for ethics committees.
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Ethics Dispatch March 2025
This month’s Ethics Dispatch offers five guidelines to help healthcare providers understand ICE’s legal boundaries, a case study involving an immigrant mother of a young cancer patient, and ethical musings about fear of the “other” and its impact on society.
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Case Study – Beneficence: Obligatory, Ideal and the Gray Space In Between
Bioethics case study on beneficence in VIDEO and PRINT. What is our responsibility to this patient? What does this patient deserve? Would it be obligatory beneficence for this patient to receive chemotherapy, or would it be ideal beneficence for that patient to receive it?
