Tag / ethics committee
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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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![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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![Dr. Khandker K. Namir is the Ethics Champion of 2026.]()
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.
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Clinical Ethics Partnership: Good for Patients, Staff and BJC St. Luke’s
How clinical ethics partnership supports hospital teams like BJC St. Luke’s: complex case navigation, reduced moral distress and burnout, and stronger patient advocacy. 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.]()
The Most Important Ethical Challenge of Our Time: Remaining in Conversation
The June 2026 Ethics Dispatch explores patient autonomy, transgender health policy, medical decision-making, and the ethical role of empathy in clinical practice — with a real-world ethics case study. The Center for Practical Bioethics.
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![Kayhan Parsi, JD, PhD, HEC-C, and Nanette Elster, JD, MPH, as our John B. Francis Co-Chairs in Bioethics.]()
Interview with Kayhan Parsi and Nanette Elster: the John B. Francis Co-Chairs in Bioethics
Interview with Kayhan Parsi and Nanette Elster: the John B. Francis Co-Chairs in Bioethics Since joining the Center this fall, Professors Kayhan Parsi, JD, PhD, HEC-C, and Nanette Elster, JD, MPH, discuss what excites them most about supported decision-making, disability ethics, and the future of bioethics education. Center for Practical Bioethics
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Why Didn’t They Call a Clinical Ethicist?
Much of the action in Fox’s TV series, “Doc,” revolves around clinical ethics cases. One case involved a critically ill patient who never removed his ex-husband as proxy from his advance directive. Now, the patient’s current partner is in favor of a risky surgery; the ex-husband is opposed. Why wasn’t a clinical ethicist brought in to resolve the situation?
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Accidental Activist Gets Stuff Done – The 2025 Vision to Action Award Winner Edwin Kraemer MD
Ed Kraemer’s formula for a life of meaning has four parts he calls “Accidental Activist Algorithm.” It’s a formula that helps to explain why the Center for Practical Bioethics will honor Ed with the 2025 Vision to Action Award at the Flanigan Lecture on November 12.
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Richard Butin, MD: The Making of an Ethics Champion
The Center for Practical Bioethics is proud to honor Dr. Richard Butin, Staff Physician and Associate Professor of Medicine at University Health, as 2025 Ethics Champion of the Year in recognition of his leadership in addressing complex ethical issues in health and healthcare.
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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.
