Author / Monica Delles
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When Advanced Dementia Turns Aggressive: Protecting Patients and Caregivers
Advanced dementia can turn gentle patients aggressive. Explore the ethics of sedation, antipsychotic risks and protecting both patients and caregivers. The Center for Practical Bioethics.
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September 2026 Bioethics Bulletin E-Newsletter
September 2026 Bioethics Bulletin: Flanigan Lecture on healthcare and mass deportation, breast cancer webinar, MMR vaccine policy, ethics resources and more. The Center for Practical Bioethics.
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Separating the MMR Vaccine Into Three Doses: Not in the Best Interest of Children
Separating the MMR vaccine into three doses, as EO 14420 urges, misreads autonomy and informed consent and puts children at risk. Bioethicists explain.
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2026 Flanigan Lecture
Join us on October 29, 2026 for the 32nd Annual Flanigan Lecture, Healthcare in an Era of Mass Deportation: Values, Ethics, and Narratives presented by the Center for Practical Bioethics. With Mark Kuczewski, PhD, we will explore how the healing professions’ core commitment to human dignity is being tested — and what’s at stake for patients, providers, and the values that define medicine itself.
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The Ethics of Maternal Mental Healthcare: When Asking for Help Feels Dangerous
Postpartum mothers often fear that admitting frightening thoughts will cost them their children. Why maternal mental healthcare must make honesty safe. September 2026 Ethics Dispatch. The Center for Practical Bioethics.
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Screening Bioethics Episode 3
Screening Bioethics is a webinar series exploring bioethics topics in popular media with hosts Kayhan Parsi, JD, PhD, and Nanette Elster, JD, MPH. In the third episode they will examine and discuss relevant ethical issues about breast cancer and breast cancer risk as depicted in both fictional and documentary film and television. This 45-minute exploration will be followed by a 15-minute Q & A. The Center for Practical Bioethics.
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August 2026 Bioethics Bulletin E-Newsletter
August 2026 Bioethics Bulletin: Breakfast of Champions, Ethics Champion Dr. Khandker, Sister Rosemary’s 100th birthday, and 2026 charitable giving tips. The Center for Practical Bioethics.
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Case Study: Overruling a Patient’s Religious Refusal of Blood Transfusions
Mrs. Genericson refused blood transfusions as a Jehovah’s Witness, then lost consciousness. Her family says her faith was wavering. Whose decision stands? The Center for Practical Bioethics.
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Case Study: Refusing Life-Saving Surgery, Overruling a Parent’s Prior Wishes
Bioethics case study on autonomy, consent and capacity — when a patient with capacity refuses life-saving surgery, can a surrogate later overrule his prior wishes? Center for Practical Bioethics.
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When Children Become Pawns: The Human Cost of the Florida Vaccine Dispute
Florida’s threat to Catholic school scholarships over vaccine exemptions raises a bioethics question: who bears the consequences? Children and families. The Center for Practical Bioethics.
