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14Red Towels: Maximizing the Care of Patients Who Are DyingJournal of Clinical Ethics 19 (2): 99-109. 2008.
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13""Sliding" off" the sliding scale: allowing hope, determining capacity, and providing meaning when an illness is becoming worse but a treatment may helpJournal of Clinical Ethics 21 (2): 91-100. 2010.In this issue of The Journal of Clinical Ethics, Emily Bell and Eric Racine are guest editors of a special section focusing on the use of deep brain stimulation (DBS) to treat Parkinson’s disease. In “Deep Brain Stimulation, Ethics, and Society,” Bell and Racine report that DBS already has been used to treat more than 50,000 patients. The ethical issues raised in this special section are important not only in regard to Parkinson’s disease and DBS, but in many areas of medicine.The articles discu…Read more
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10Beyond the State of the Art in Ethics ConsultationJournal of Clinical Ethics 20 (3): 203-211. 2009.
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29Child Abuse: How Society and Careproviders Should RespondJournal of Clinical Ethics 19 (4): 307-315. 2008.
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47How Can Careproviders Most Help Patients during a Disaster?Journal of Clinical Ethics 22 (1): 3-16. 2011.This article reviews careproviders’ most difficult emotional challenges during disasters and provides approaches for responding optimally to them. It describes key approaches that careproviders may pursue to best help patients and others during a catastrophe. It raises unanswered questions regarding when, if ever, careproviders should provide active euthanasia to patients who are incompetent, and when, if ever, careproviders should give their own food and water to patients or others who may othe…Read more
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15How mediation (and other) approaches may improve ethics consultants' outcomesJournal of Clinical Ethics 22 (4): 299. 2011.
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10Helping Patients by Involving Their FamiliesJournal of Clinical Ethics 22 (2): 99-106. 2011.Patients and their family members may become highly interdependent as patients near the end of life. To best help these patients, healthcare providers can try to become a member of the patient/family team. By becoming a member, careproviders can improve patients’ and family members’ access to medical information, more effectively offer advice, and assure patients and family members that they can still choose to do what they think is best.
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22An Ethical Priority Greater than Life ItselfJournal of Clinical Ethics 23 (3): 195-206. 2012.This article discusses a case in this issue of The Journal of Clinical Ethics by McCrary and colleagues, “Elective Delivery Before 39 Weeks’ Gestation Reconciling Maternal, Fetal, and Family Circumstances,” in which parents asked the medical team to deliver their fetus “early.” The author discusses (1) the importance that parents have to a child when they are able to love the child, and how important it is for decision makers to consider this; (2) exceptional approaches that may enable parents t…Read more
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4How Should Careproviders Respond to Patients’ Requests That May Be Refused?Journal of Clinical Ethics 23 (2): 99-109. 2012.Some requests made to careproviders by patients may be of great personal importance to patients. Careproviders may assign proportionally greater weight to these exceptional requests, and may choose to take exceptional measures to assist. A strong trust relationship may be formed with patients as a result.
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47Dilemmas in Military Medical Ethics Since 9/11Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal 13 (2): 175-188. 2003.
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Areas of Interest
Metaphysics |
Philosophy of Mind |
Philosophy of Cognitive Science |