December 8, 2015
(Washington Post) – Although allergic reactions can be life-threatening, Bowen never worried that her patient would die — because he was not alive. He was one of a growing number of high-tech, lifelike manikins that the George Washington University School … Read More
December 2, 2015
Hastings Center Report (vol. 45, no. 5, 2015) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Neural Devices: New Ethics?” by Gregory E. Kaebnick “Engineering the Brain: Ethical Issues and the Introduction of Neural Devices” by Eran Klein, et al. “Another Voice: … Read More
November 25, 2015
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 373, no. 21, 2015) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Attacks on Health Care in Syria—Normalizing Violations of Medical Neutrality?” by M. Heisler, E. Baker, and D. McKay “Measuring the Value of … Read More
November 12, 2015
American Journal of Medical Quality (vol. 30, no. 6, 2015) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “The Meaningful Use of Electronic Health Records and Health Care Quality” by Lisa M. Kern, et al. “Training in Quality and Safety: The Current … Read More
November 10, 2015
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 373, no. 19, 2015) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “The House and the ACA—A Lawsuit over Cost-Sharing Reductions” by T.S. Jost “Reform of Clinical Research Regulations, Finally” by E.J. Emanuel “Why … Read More
November 2, 2015
(NPR) – Medicine, meet Big Data. For generations, physicians have been trained in basic science and human anatomy to diagnose and treat the patient immediately in front of them. But now, massive stores of data about what works for which … Read More
October 30, 2015
(Washington Post) – Some first-year doctors are working 30 hours in a row at dozens of hospitals around the country in a test of work-hour limits that were imposed in 2011 because of fears that inexperienced, sleep-deprived physicians might jeopardize … Read More
October 21, 2015
BMC Medical Ethics (vol. 16, October 2015) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “The Commercialization of University-based Research: Balancing Risks and Benefits” by T. Caulfield and U. Ogbogu “The Importance of Values in Evidence-based Medicine” by M. Kelly, et al.
October 16, 2015
Journal of Medical Ethics (vol. 41, no. 10, 2015) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “End-of-Life Decisions for Children under 1 Year of Age in the Netherlands: Decreased Frequency of Administration of Drugs to Deliberately Hasten Death” by Katja … Read More
October 16, 2015
Journal of Perinatology (vol. 35, no. 10, 2015) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Anencephalic Organ Donation after Cardiac Death: A Case Report on Practicalities and Ethics” by R.J. Powers, D. Schultz, and S. Jackson “Ethics and Professionalism … Read More
October 8, 2015
Hastings Center Report (vol. 45, no. 5, 2015) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “SOLIDARITY in the Moral Imagination of Bioethics” by Bruce Jennings and Angus Dawson “Don’t Mind the Gap: Intuitions, Emotions, and Reasons in the Enhancement Debate” … Read More
September 29, 2015
(Wired) – Figure 1 is for doctors, nurses, EMTs, and the rest of the professionally unsqueamish to share the latest morbidities from their shifts. Sure, some of the pictures are straight up medical oddities. But just as often, users post … Read More
September 25, 2015
(Reuters) – Medical student Ludwika Wodyk fumbles her way slowly down the stairs, her movements encumbered by heavy strapping around her limbs and body, her vision distorted by special goggles. She is one of a group of medical students in … Read More
September 25, 2015
(Reuters) – Doctors who need to operate on injured patients in emergencies have long practiced their lifesaving procedures on live animals, but now a replica of a human, called TraumaMan, is helping to modernize their training. Thanks to a partnership … Read More
September 23, 2015
(Med Page Today) – How can physicians better navigate the alphabet soup of end-of-life care forms? That was the question on the mind of Ferdinando Mirarchi, DO, of UPMC Hamot in Eerie, Pa., when he approached Michael Barton, MD, of … Read More
September 21, 2015
Journal of Genetic Counseling (vol. 24, no. 5, 2015) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Form Follows Function: A Model for Clinical Supervision of Genetic Counseling Students” by Colleen Wherley, et al. “Clearing the Air: A Qualitative Investigation of Genetic … Read More
August 18, 2015
(Annals of Internal Medicine) – One day in January, I was facilitating a fourth-year elective course with eight medical students. It was a medical humanities class, and the topic that afternoon was the virtue of forgiveness. A student named David … Read More
August 18, 2015
(Times of India) – Surgical conferences in India seem to have an abundance of live surgery demos promoted as the highlight or lead event. Even as the recent death of a patient during a live surgery demo led organizers of … Read More
August 13, 2015
(New York Times) – Religion was never discussed in my medical training. In medical school, a priest maintained a small lounge, providing coffee and tea, where students could sometimes drop in to get coffee, but that was wholly optional, and … Read More
July 1, 2015
(NPR) – The Association of American Medical Colleges, which administers the MCAT, wants to make sure the doctors of tomorrow are better prepared to care for an increasingly diverse patient population in a rapidly changing health care system. Administrators say … Read More
June 26, 2015
The Journal of Medicine & Philosophy (vol. 40, no. 3, 2015) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Inquiry in bioethics and the philosophy of medicine: Organ donation, defining death, and fairness in distribution” by Victor Saenz “Citizenship: Bioethics … Read More
June 16, 2015
(Reuters) – In a four-month investigation, Reuters has documented the full extent of the fraud in India’s medical-education system. It found, among other things, that more than one out of every six of the country’s 398 medical schools has been … Read More
June 4, 2015
(New England Journal of Medicine) – Although I probably couldn’t have explained its rationale, I never questioned the anti-pharma animus that pervaded my medical education. The message I received from certain outspoken classmates and fellow trainees was that interacting with … Read More
June 2, 2015
(Medical Xpress) – Drawing on its Jesuit Catholic heritage, Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine has long understood the importance of reflection in medical education as a key element in physician formation. With physician burnout on the rise, it … Read More
May 13, 2015
Journal of Genetic Counseling (vol. 24, no. 2, 2015) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “How can psychological science inform research about genetic counseling for clinical genomic sequencing?” by Cynthia M. Khan, et al. “Exploring the genetic counselor’s … Read More
