Author / Monica Delles
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Lee Woodruff – ReMind Us about Returning Vets
Lee and Bob Woodruff are recipients of the 2012 Vision to Action Award.
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From a Neuroscience of Pain to a Neuroethics of Care
Professor James Giordano of the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies discusses moving from a neuroscience of pain to a neuroethics of care.
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Frontiers – Transforming 300 Billion Points of Data
Clinical and translational researchers are now creating data by the zetabyte. In fact, according to Atul Butte, MD, PhD, of Stanford University, there’s so much data that it’s becoming more difficult to ask the right questions.
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Learning Health Systems
In this audio interview Richard Payne, MD, John B. Francis Chair at the Center for Practical Bioethics discusses learning health systems.
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Chronic Disease, Aging and End of Life Care
Most Americans will die of complications from a chronic disease.
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Withdrawal of Medicare Provision for End of Life Counseling
The overwhelming majority of Americans will die of complications from a chronic disease.
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The End of Life Scare: Advance Care Planning or Euthanasia?
Does advance care planning promote euthanasia of older adults?
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Palliative Sedation is Not a Panacea
Alexander Kon, MD, responds to the limitations of palliative sedation in bringing patients to a level of comfort.
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Ethics Dubious: Prisoners Donating Organs
Lorell LaBoube interviews bioethicist Art Caplan about an article in the October 2011 American Journal of Bioethics, which considers the pros and cons of using organs donated by living or executed prisoners.
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A Pain Patient’s Perspective on Trust and Pain Contracts
Carlton Haywood Jr. explains how he, as a medical researcher and chronic pain patient, views trust issues that arise between medical professionals
