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Omicron, the Legacy of Renée Fox, and the Uncertain Practice of Medicine
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Who Will Be There to Care If There Are No More Nurses?
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Vaccine Mandates for Health Care Workers Raise Several Ethical Dilemmas
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Ethical Challenges in Discharge Planning
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Beyond “Just Sign Here”–A New Model of Consent for Primary Care
Read the PostBioethics Forum EssayThe practice of informed consent in clinical medicine is broken. Globally, the process varies widely, and even in the United States informed consent looks little like the formal, legal, autonomy-based process presented in textbooks, journal articles, and academic lectures.Read the Post - Bioethics Forum Essay
The Bioethics of Built Health Care Spaces
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The Ethics of Treating the President
Read the PostBioethics Forum EssayConcerns about the health status of sitting presidents of the United States can raise significant questions in medical ethics, notably regarding the scope of a president’s right to confidentiality and of the public’s need—or right—to know about the president’s health, the role and responsibilities of the president’s physician, and the appropriateness of offering unapproved treatments. These concerns are heightened during the global pandemic for which there is no cure or vaccine and limited information about treatments.Read the Post - Bioethics Forum Essay
Ethics of Emergency Use Authorization During the Pandemic
Read the PostBioethics Forum EssayThe Food and Drug Administration's rigorous guidance for an emergency use authorization of a Covid vaccine was met by resistance from the White House, since some of the terms would make it virtually impossible to issue a vaccine-related emergency authorization before Election Day. Understanding the ethical dimensions of issuing it for a vaccine can provide clarity on the necessity of the FDA’s stringent guidelines.Read the Post - Bioethics Forum Essay
A Historic Intersex Awareness Day
Read the PostBioethics Forum EssayThis year’s Intersex Awareness Day, October 26, marks a historic pivot. Last week, Boston Children’s Hospital revealed that its physicians would no longer perform certain nonconsensual infant genital surgeries on babies born with atypical genitals. They join the Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago, which made a similar announcement in July and even apologized to its former intersex patients. Intersex advocates have been working toward this goal for decades.Read the Post - Bioethics Forum Essay
Caring for My First Neo-Nazi Patient
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