Tag / Center for Practical Bioethics
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Case Study – Beneficence: Obligatory, Ideal and the Gray Space In Between
Bioethics case study on beneficence in VIDEO and PRINT. What is our responsibility to this patient? What does this patient deserve? Would it be obligatory beneficence for this patient to receive chemotherapy, or would it be ideal beneficence for that patient to receive it?
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AI in Healthcare: Are We Expecting Too Much?
In this blog by Dr. Jarrett – amidst much enthusiasm about potential benefits of AI in healthcare — explains why she would like us to slow down enough to ensure that humans have a voice in decisions being made.
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Walking Around Heaven All Day: A Personal Journey Toward Empowered End-of-Life Choices
Gloria Thomas Anderson’s passion to promote Advance Care Planning has been inspired by the devastating effects of inequitable care provided to family members and her own near-death experience. In this essay, she describes how a simple conversation with her mother turned into a powerful discussion about her mother’s care goals. Dr. Anderson developed the Let’s Talk about ACP program.
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February 25 2025 Email Newsletter
In this month’s e-newsletter, we discuss DIEB, the portrayal of bioethics in a new hospital drama show the Pitt, publish the latest Ethics Dispatch that discusses dementia ethics, and invite you to watch a case study video regarding dementia.
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Case Study – Personhood in the Age of Dementia
Bioethics case study on personhood and dementia in video and print. Patients should be allowed to make their own medical decisions, which means a person should be allowed to make their own medical decisions. But how do you define what a person is regarding cognitive decline in patients and dementia?
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The Pitt: Not Your Average Medical Drama
The Pitt grabbed Ryan Pferdehirt’s attention primarily because of its location. But it wasn’t long before the show impressed him with its realistic depiction of healthcare professionals doing their best to care for patients in a fast-paced, urban core ED.
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Rob Flores Builds Cultural Bridges to the Hispanic Community
Read about how Rob, a first-generation Latino raised in northwestern Nebraska with 15 brothers and sisters and founder of Puente Marketing & Advertising is, as he says, “using his talents, skills, knowledge and treasure for something good” on the CPB Board of Directors.
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DEIB or DEIBust?
A fierce advocate for health equity, Odessa Sawyer writes passionately about Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB), a movement born in the midst of COVID-19 that encouraged organizations and companies to look at how their social justice stance was perceived by consumers and employees.
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Ethics Dispatch February 2025
As dementia cases continue to rise, healthcare systems will be faced with an increasing number of difficult discharge decisions. In this issue of the Ethics Dispatch, CPB raises questions about the ethical implications of dementia care and discusses upholding the principle of obligatory beneficence when addressing hospital discharges and long-term care planning.
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Case Study – Ethical Dilemma in Difficult Discharge Planning
Bioethics case study on an ethical dilemma in difficult discharge planning . The hospital cannot discharge him back to the care facility where he was previously living because they are unable to provide dialysis services, meaning he would need to be transferred to another location that can accommodate his medical needs. However, his legal guardian refuses the transfer.
