Tag / Center for Practical Bioethics
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What I Wish I Had Known Then and What I Know Now about Ethics Consultation
Recognizing American healthcare has many problems without solutions, Trudi Galblum, Marketing Director, writes about the good news that resources do exist that can resolve many ethical dilemmas. Healthcare ethicists can recommend the best treatment and discharge options, relieving patients and families of the burden of uncertainty.
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January 9 2024 Email Newsletter
In 2024, as we celebrate four decades of raising and responding to ethical issues in health and healthcare, we would like to share the Center for Practical Bioethics’ Top 10 Highlights of 2023 in the Center for Practical Bioethics’ January 9, 2024 email newsletter.
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Advance Care Planning: Responding to the Need for Diverse Communities’ Participation
In this blog, James Stowe, President and CEO, discusses building on the Center’s legacy work in Advance Care Planning, the Center’s national involvement in end-of-life care emphasizes our growing commitment to diverse communities’ participation and the need to respond effectively to emergent high stress situations in medical decision making.
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November 28 2023 Email Newsletter
Read the inside perspective of a work day as a clinical ethicist in healthcare, about why a community leader supports the Center and more in the Center for Practical Bioethics’ November 28, 2023 monthly email newsletter.
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Center for Practical Bioethics Crossword Puzzle
How well do you know the Center for Practical Bioethics and the field of bioethics? Take a break and have some fun testing your knowledge.
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Clinical Ethics Consultation: How I Make a Difference on the Worst Days in People’s Lives
The nature of my work as a clinical ethicist – whether working with a patient, a physician, or a nurse – includes involving myself in some of the most difficult situations imaginable, both emotionally and intellectually, states Ryan Pferdehirt, in this blog.
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November 9 2023 Email Newsletter
Learn about the three definitions of medical futility and how to balance them, having a advance care planning discussion with your family during the Thanksgiving holiday and more in the Center for Practical Bioethics’ November 9, 2023 monthly email newsletter.
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Medical Ethics and AI in Healthcare: A Fireside Chat
At our 40th Anniversary Kickoff Luncheon in October, Lindsey Jarrett, PhD, and Ryan Pferdehirt, D. Bioethics, HEC-C, discussed the ethical use of AI in healthcare and the practical work of bioethicists in clinical settings.
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Talia’s Mom Reflects on Her Message and Its Impact
Talia’s mom, Naomi Kirtner, recently wrote about what it was like, at great emotional cost, to present four lectures in Kansas City in two days, including the 29th Annual Flanigan Lecture, about the death of her daughter.
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Three Definitions of Medical Futility And How to Balance Them
As modern medicine continues to push forward, it will continue to create scenarios that challenge our presupposed notions of right and wrong. New technologies and advancements in medicine will raise questions regarding the ethical permissibility of continuing to do “everything” versus the risks of holding back.
