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Alternatives to whistleblowing, or how to intervene effectively and still have a career and life afterwards
(2013-09-10)We have learned that scientific misbehavior (that is, any scientific conduct that causes the scientific record to be inaccurate, not just plagiarism, falsification and fabrication), is very widespread and that persons who ... -
The antibiotic era: historical and ethical reflections on seven decades of reform efforts
(2017-11-14)Today, as we increasingly turn our attention to antibiotic resistance and the possibility of a post-antibiotic era, it is important to consider the historical evolution of attempts to implement the "rational" use of ... -
Avoiding harm and improving care near the end of life: what good can ethics do? (The Daniel W. Foster, M.D., Visiting Lectureship in Medical Ethics)
(2013-11-12)Patient care situations in which there is uncertainty about how to relieve suffering, make medical decisions on behalf of others, work with families in conflict, resolve disagreements among team members, or respond to ... -
Being trustworthy in today's medical world
(2014-09-09)Is there still a place for trust in today's health care practices? Is it even possible to make time for trusting relations? The short answer is, yes -- depending on how we think about issues of trust. The framework for ... -
Biomedical ethics considerations stemming from limb loss/difference care and prosthetic enablement
(2018-04-10)This talk explores the biomedical ethics considerations that currently surround limb loss and prosthetic functional enablement. The biomedical ethics consult is re-examined operationally, bringing into focus how aspects ... -
Biomedical technologies and human dignity
(2016-03-08)Current biomedical advancements are presenting us with difficult moral and policy decisions. Indeed, from questions about the morality of cloning human embryos, to concerns about human genetic modifications, to worries ... -
The challenge of precision medicine: ethical, legal & clinical issues in genomic medicine (The Daniel W. Foster, M.D., Visiting Lectureship in Medical Ethics)
(2015-11-03)Genomics is advancing at a tremendous rate, bringing powerful new capabilities but also big challenges to clinical practice and research. With the federal government launching the Precision Medicine Initiative, the time ... -
Conceptual controversies in death determination
(2017-04-11)There is an intractable disagreement over whether the organ donor after the circulatory determination of death (DCDD) is dead at the time death is ordinarily declared. A rigorous analysis of death determination illuminates ... -
Conflicts of interest in clinical research: lessons from the Minnesota Markingson case
(2015-09-08)The nationally-publicized Markingson case from the University of Minnesota involved a tragic suicide in the context of a university-based, industry-sponsored clinical trial. A panel of UT Southwestern faculty and staff ... -
Corruption in clinical research: what is it? -- and why it matters
(2019-12-10)Despite the seriousness of charging corruption in clinical research, the literature offers little about what corruption means in this setting. This lecture presents a technical/formal definition of 'corruption' in clinical ... -
CRISPR and gene editing: one tool to rule them all
(2017-05-09)Advances in gene editing, particularly the development of CRISPR-cas9, have allowed for new applications of this technology, ranging from gene drives to development of new animal models for research. This emerging biotechnology ... -
Defining professionalism in the digital age: barriers and opportunities
(2014-05-13)The overwhelming popularity of Web 2.0 technologies, such as social networking sites, media sharing sites and blogging, has significantly changed the manner in which trainees interact with educators, colleagues, and the ... -
The "difficult patient" reconceived: an expanded moral mandate for clinical ethics
(2020-10-13)Between 15%-60% of patients are considered "difficult" by their treating physicians. Patient psychiatric pathology is the conventional explanation for why patients are deemed "difficult." But the prevalence of the problem ... -
The disclosure dilemma: when adverse events affect multiple patients
(2015-01-13)Imagine that endoscopes had not been properly processed for a period of several months. Once discovered, the problem is immediately corrected, but patients scoped during those months are more likely to even though the ... -
Disorders of consciousness and neuroethics: why rights must come to mind (The Daniel W. Foster, M.D., Visiting Lectureship in Medical Ethics)
(2016-09-13)[Note: The slide presentation and video are not available from this event.] Over the past two decades neuroimaging has revealed the possibility of covert consciousness in patients once thought vegetative. This knowledge ... -
Doctors need evolution the way engineers need physics, but they don't get it because of politics
(2018-09-11)[Note: The slides are not available from this event.] The past 25 years have seen many new applications of evolutionary biology in medicine. Some investigate why natural selection has left systems vulnerable, expanding ... -
Ethical implications of public disclosure of Medicare payments to individual physicians
(2015-03-10)In the spring of 2014, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, in response to a court decision and the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act, began to publicly disclose the amounts and reasons for Medicare ... -
Ethical issues in the health care professional/law enforcement relationship: reflections from emergency medicine
(2019-05-14)[NOTE: The video was not available from this event.] Health care professionals (including emergency physicians) may have frequent interactions with police officers who are investigating alleged crimes. These officers may ... -
The ethics of resuscitation at borderline viability: when, if ever, is it ethically permissible to refuse a parental request?
(2017-01-10)[Note: The slide presentation is not available from this event.] Extremely preterm infants, born at the borderline of viability, face a high risk of death in the neonatal period despite efforts to keep them alive. And, ... -
Ethics of smart pills and the dawn of surveillance medicine
(2019-10-08)This presentation will explore the ethics of digital medicine--technology represented by pills that alter our bodily functions alongside sensors that not only collect data about our bodies, but share it with our physicians, ...