Tag / Bioethics
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It’s All About Building Relationships
Whether you read our Bioethics Bulletin for personal or professional reasons, Editor Trudi Galblum explains the Center’s goal: To be your trusted bioethics source for valuable hot topic analysis, case studies and workshops.
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Clinical Ethics Consultation at a Large Health System
Krystal Pence, LMSW, is seeing the growing impact of the Ethics Committee on patient care and institutional policies at Advent Health Kansas City. Krystal describes what dealing with complex cases was like “before and after” her hospital’s Ethics Committee began working the Center.
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Ethics Dispatch July 2025
The July Ethics Dispatch is on Why Rural Healthcare Fails Without Medicaid: An Ethical Analysis. With Medicaid cuts looming, we discuss the principles of bioethics to the cuts’ impact on rural healthcare. And we explore the philosophical concept of “ought implies can,” which holds that for someone to have a moral obligation, that person must have the ability to accomplish said obligation. Which begs the question: When do we have a moral obligation to provide Medicaid coverage?
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Hiring Parttime Clinical Bioethicist Consultant
The Center for Practical Bioethics is seeking the parttime services of a Consultant Clinical Bioethicist. This position will serve as part of a team of professional bioethicists who respond to cases and other activities relevant to healthcare ethics mechanisms.
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June 26 2025 Email Newsletter
In this month’s e-newsletter, we discuss our upcoming fundraising event, clinical ethics partnerships, the intersection of technology and mental wellness, and provide new clinical ethics resources in the Ethics Dispatch and video case study.
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Humans + Technology: Embracing the Intersection for Mental and Emotional Wellness
Dr. Lindsey Jarrett says apps are just a slice of how we create things to build community and engage in our desire for belonging. All of which points to a gap that may not be filled with more technology, but possibly an evaluation of the intersection that now exists between technology and humans.
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Are you a victim of enshiftification?
Our old database company offered to export our data for a few thousand dollars. But it’s our data, not theirs. We refused and paid a developer to do the conversion. Our Communication and Website Coordinator, Monica Delles, explains why these types of demands are unaffordable and unreasonable, if not unethical, especially for small nonprofits like the Center…and what we’re doing about it.
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Will Your Healthcare Organization Be Ready? Ethics Services Partnerships Offer Clarity
Read about two hospitals partnering for different clinical ethics services. Partnership with the Center offers clarity. We provide real-time consultation, long-term support, and guidance that helps hospitals respond to uncertainty with confidence – while upholding the highest ethical standards in care.
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May 28 2025 Email Newsletter
We discuss living our values in challenging times, ethical AI issues with case studies, welcome a new team member, Abby Gast-Watterson, and provide clinical ethics resources in the Ethics Dispatch and video case study in this month’s e-newsletter.
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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.
