Tag / informed consent
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End of Life: Treatment Redirection
What is the role of treatment direction in end-of-life care?
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End of Life: Reflections on a Good Death
What is a good death?
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Caring Conversations – A Partnership Between You and Your Agent
Appointing an agent is the beginning of a partnership.
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The Case of Melinda and Matt: Ethical Indicators of Futility in Critically Ill New Mother
Who is responsible for healthcare decisions of this 31-year-old African American woman? Should her advance directive be honored?
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The Case of Jehovah’s Witness: A Minor Requiring Blood Products
A sixteen-year-old male member of Jehovah’s Witnesses incurred serious injuries in an auto accident and requires surgery.
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The Case of Joe
“Joe” is a 62-year-old building contractor who has been in an ICU for the past 10 weeks. He had gone to his community hospital for bypass surgery (CABG) and aortic valve repair (AVR), and things didn’t go well post-op. His sternal wound became infected with Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).
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Ethics Dubious: Prisoners Donating Organs
Lorell LaBoube interviews bioethicist Art Caplan about an article in the October 2011 American Journal of Bioethics, which considers the pros and cons of using organs donated by living or executed prisoners.
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2014 Rosemary Flanigan Lecture
In this short interview, Duke University Professor Karla Holloway, PhD, explores how medical information – typically seen as intimate and private – is forced into the public sphere.
