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100How Virtue Ethics Informs Medical ProfessionalismHEC Forum 24 (4): 257-272. 2012.We argue that a turn toward virtue ethics as a way of understanding medical professionalism represents both a valuable corrective and a missed opportunity. We look at three ways in which a closer appeal to virtue ethics could help address current problems or issues in professionalism education—first, balancing professionalism training with demands for professional virtues as a prerequisite; second, preventing demands for the demonstrable achievement of competencies from working against ideal pro…Read more
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10“Can They Do This?”: Dealing with Moral Distress after Third–Party Termination of the Doctor–Patient RelationshipNarrative Inquiry in Bioethics 3 (2): 109-112. 2013.In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:“Can They Do This?” Dealing with Moral Distress after Third–Party Termination of the Doctor–Patient RelationshipSusan McCammonNot so long ago, a storm badly damaged the tertiary care hospital in which I practice surgical oncology. In the aftermath of the storm, the institution determined it was no longer able to provide unreimbursed cancer care, and many of my patients were terminated by a form letter from the hospital. The helplessn…Read more
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7Emerging Roles of Clinical EthicistsJournal of Clinical Ethics 30 (3): 262-269. 2019.Debates regarding clinical ethicists’ scope of practice are not novel and will continue to evolve. Rapid changes in healthcare delivery, outcomes, and expectations have necessitated flexibility in clinical ethicists’ roles whereby hospital-based clinical ethicists are expected to be woven into the institutional fabric in a way that did not exist in more traditional relationships. In this article we discuss three emerging roles: the ethicist embedded in the interdisciplinary team, the ethicist wi…Read more
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5Continuous Sedation Until Death Should Not Be an Option of First ResortJournal of Clinical Ethics 26 (2): 132-142. 2015.Samuel H. LiPuma and Joseph P. DeMarco argue for a positive right to continuous sedation until death (CSD) for any patient with a life expectancy less than six months. They reject any requirement of proportionality. Their proposed guideline makes CSD an option for a decisional adult patient with an appropriate terminal diagnosis regardless of whether suffering (physical or existential) is present. This guideline purports to “empower” the patient with the ability to control the timing and manner …Read more
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University of Texas Medical BranchRegular Faculty
Galveston, Texas, United States of America