Category / End of Life Ethics / Public and Population Health
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Organ Donation: The Ethics of First Person Consent
There are more people who need organs than there are organs available.
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Medical Futility: Wrong Medicine?
Lawrence Schneiderman, professor emeritus at the University of California at San Diego and co-author of a new book, Wrong Medicine – Doctors, Patients and Futile Treatment, discusses new approaches to the concept of medical futility.
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To Feed or Not to Feed?
That’s the question facing medical professionals and families about the use of artificial nutrition and hydration.
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Grace Before Dying
“Grace Before Dying” is a traveling exhibit portraying a hospice program run by prisoners in Louisiana.
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Hope in Pediatric Palliative Care
Chris Feudtner, MD, of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, explains the concept of thinking and feeling your way through pediatric palliative care.
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Joan Berkley: 2011 Vision to Action Award
Joan Berkley receives the 2011 Vision to Action Award.
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Withdrawal of Medicare Provision for End of Life Counseling
The overwhelming majority of Americans will die of complications from a chronic disease.
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Palliative Sedation is Not a Panacea
Alexander Kon, MD, responds to the limitations of palliative sedation in bringing patients to a level of comfort.
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Ethics of Care in a Disaster
What is the role of palliative care in a disaster?
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Ethical Considerations in Diagnosing Disorders of Consciousness
Lorell LaBoube interviews Art Caplan and Joe Fins about their article in the America Journal of Bioethics Neuroscience focusing on problems in diagnosing and labeling patients in vegetative vs. minimally conscious states.
