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Dr. Fleck presents on precision medicine at international virtual symposium
Center Acting Director and Professor Dr. Leonard Fleck spoke earlier this month at a virtual symposium presented by University of Groningen in Groningen, Netherlands. The event’s theme was “Barriers and future directions of personalized medicine: from the bench to the … Continue reading
Posted in Center News, International, Uncategorized
Tagged cancer treatment, conference, European Union, health care justice, Leonard Fleck, personalized medicine, precision medicine, presentation, University of Groningen
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Listen: Ethics and Policy Issues of Targeted Cancer Therapies
No Easy Answers in Bioethics Episode 16 What kinds of challenges currently exist within precision medicine? This episode focuses specifically on targeted cancer therapies, featuring a discussion between Center Professor and Acting Director Dr. Len Fleck and College of Osteopathic Medicine student … Continue reading
Posted in Center News, Outreach, Podcasts, Uncategorized
Tagged bioethics, cancer, cancer treatment, health care cost, health policy, Leonard Fleck, medical ethics, medicare, No Easy Answers in Bioethics, podcast, precision medicine, Stephanie Mackenzie
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Health Care and Social Justice: Just Take Two Aspirin for Your Tumor If You Cannot Afford Your Cancer Care
Dr. Stanley Goldfarb is the former Associate Dean of Curriculum at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. In a recent Wall Street Journal opinion piece, “Take Two Aspirin and Call Me by My Pronouns,” he complained that curricula in medical schools “are increasingly focused on social justice rather than treating illness.” He goes on to say, “A new wave of educational specialists is increasingly influencing medical education. They emphasize ‘social justice’ that is related to health care only tangentially.” Really? Only tangentially? Continue reading
Center faculty present at 20th annual American Society for Bioethics and Humanities conference
Center faculty members Dr. Len Fleck and Dr. Devan Stahl recently presented at the 20th annual American Society for Bioethics and Humanities (ASBH) conference, held October 18-21 in Anaheim, CA. Dr. Fleck presented on “Parsimonious Precision Medicine: Wicked Problems.” The … Continue reading
Posted in Bioethics Events, Center News, Uncategorized
Tagged American Society for Bioethics and Humanities, ASBH, autonomy, cancer treatment, conference, Devan Stahl, Leonard Fleck, philosophy, precedent autonomy, precision medicine
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Drs. Eijkholt and Fleck present at International Bioethics Retreat in Paris
Center Professor Len Fleck and Marleen Eijkholt, former Assistant Professor with the Center, recently presented at the 2018 International Bioethics Retreat, held in Paris, France on June 27-29. The conference has been sponsored by Cambridge University for the past eighteen … Continue reading
Posted in International, Uncategorized
Tagged cancer treatment, conference, false hope, health care cost, International Bioethics Retreat, Leonard Fleck, Marleen Eijkholt, personalized medicine, precision medicine
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Greed Is God: The Divine Right to Avaricious Drug Pricing
This post is a part of our Bioethics in the News series By Leonard M. Fleck, PhD Some recent headlines worth noting: “U.S. Prescription Drug Costs Are a Crime,” “Americans Say They are Suffering as Drug Costs Continue to Rise,” “When … Continue reading
Posted in Bioethics in the News, Uncategorized
Tagged bioethics, Bioethics in the News, cancer treatment, drug pricing, greed, health care cost, health policy, Leonard Fleck, pharmaceutical industry, public health
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Dr. Fleck presents at Great Lakes Biorepository Research Network annual scientific meeting
Center Professor Len Fleck, PhD, was a keynote speaker at the Great Lakes Biorepository Research Network (GLBRN) Annual Scientific Meeting, held at Beaumont Hospital-Royal Oak Campus on November 3. The title of Dr. Fleck’s presentation was “Precision Medicine, Ethical Ambiguity,” … Continue reading
Posted in Bioethics Events, Center News, Friends of the Center, Outreach, Uncategorized
Tagged bioethics, cancer, cancer treatment, clinical ethics, conference, ethics, GLBRN, Great Lakes Biorepository Research Network, healthcare, Leonard Fleck, precision health, precision medicine, presentation
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Just Caring: Health Reform, Cost Control, and the Fate of Children with Life-Altering Illnesses
Center Professor Dr. Leonard Fleck recently gave a keynote address at the 2017 Pediatric Bioethics Day at Norton Children’s Hospital in Louisville, KY, held on September 20. Titled “Just Caring: Health Reform, Cost Control, and the Fate of Children with … Continue reading
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Tagged cancer, cancer treatment, health care justice, health care rationing, health care reform, health policy, Leonard Fleck, pediatrics
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Rights and Responsibilities at the End of Life
By Hannah Giunta, MPH, PhD
Questions about end-of-life care are always vexing, but a recent article in U.S. News and World Report suggests that cancer patients continue to receive useless but harmful treatments at the end of life (Thompson, 2016). A new research study presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s (ASCO’s) annual meeting revealed that a big part of the problem comes from a lack of meaningful dialogue among physicians, patients, and family members. Continue reading
Patients’ Survival Expectations With and Without Their Chosen Treatment for Prostate Cancer
Center Professor Emerita Dr. Margaret Holmes-Rovner is a contributing author on a new article published in Annals of Family Medicine, “Patients’ Survival Expectations With and Without Their Chosen Treatment for Prostate Cancer.” Published in the May/June 2016 issue, the study is … Continue reading
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Tagged Annals of Family Medicine, bioethics, cancer, cancer treatment, Margaret Holmes-Rovner, prostate cancer
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