Tag / Ryan Pferdehirt
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July 23 2024 Email Newsletter
The Center announces the 30th Annual Flanigan Lecture, publishes a blog encouraging filling out a DPOA for the benefit of your family, and provides links to news stories Ryan Pferdehirt has been in this month are highlighted in this issue.
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Ryan Pferdehirt Featured in Pronatalism News Story
A recent story on NBC NOW highlights Ryan Pferdehirt, D.Bioethics, HEC-C, for his thoughts on pronatalism.
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Case Study – ECMO and Ethics
The hospital team understand the importance ECMO has in keeping Thad alive and giving hope to the family but are concerned about its continuation as they do not known when a heart transplant will become available.
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Case Study – Moral Culpability for Respecting Patients’ Autonomy
This patient has a long history of IV drug abuse but communicates to the health team that his recent hospitalization has brought some clarity in that regard, and he vows to “give up doing drugs.”
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Case Study – Decisional Capacity of the Patient’s Surrogate
With an adult daughter saying “No” to a trach and PEG and a DPOA spouse of questionable capacity what should the medical team do?
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Case Study – A Multidisciplinary Healthcare Team Disagrees
Most members of the ICU team, and the palliative care consultant, believe that prognosis is poor and death is imminent. Their patient is still Full Code, however, and his wife and daughter are adamant that providers “continue to do everything that will work.”
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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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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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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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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.
