Tag / Bioethics
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October 2026 Bioethics Bulletin E-Newsletter
The October 2026 Bioethics Bulletin: the Flanigan Lecture on healthcare and mass deportation, challenging discharges, hospital debt lawsuits, and medical AI. The Center for Practical Bioethics.
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![A graphic stating the Ethics Dispatch is like an ethics committee meeting in a box. With four topic sections: monthly hot topic, new clinical ethics case study, current bioethics news stories and ethical musing essay.]()
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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![A graphic stating the Ethics Dispatch is like an ethics committee meeting in a box. With four topic sections: monthly hot topic, new clinical ethics case study, current bioethics news stories and ethical musing essay.]()
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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![A graphic stating the Ethics Dispatch is like an ethics committee meeting in a box. With four topic sections: monthly hot topic, new clinical ethics case study, current bioethics news stories and ethical musing essay.]()
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.
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Ethics Champion 2026: Dr. Namir Khandker’s Proactive Approach to Clinical Ethics
A proactive approach to clinical ethics is how neurocritical care physician Namir Khandker, MD, rebuilt ethics at Ochsner Health by bringing clinical ethics in early — not as an eleventh-hour solution. The Center for Practical Bioethics.
