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Listen: Shared Decision-Making in Colorectal Cancer Screening
This episode features guests Dr. Karen Kelly-Blake, Associate Professor in the Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences, and Dr. Masahito Jimbo, Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at University of Michigan Medical School. Continue reading
Posted in Center News, Outreach, Podcasts, Uncategorized
Tagged bioethics, cancer, colorectal cancer screening, decision aids, doctor-patient communication, Dr. Karen Kelly-Blake, Masahito Jimbo, medical ethics, No Easy Answers in Bioethics, podcast, shared decision-making
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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
Dr. Fleck presents at Centre for Cancer Biomarkers Symposium in Norway
Center Professor Dr. Len Fleck recently traveled to Bergen, Norway to present a keynote address at the 6th Annual Centre for Cancer Biomarkers (CCBIO) Symposium. Dr. Fleck’s presentation, “Just Caring Challenges: Visible Biomarkers and Invisible Rationing,” addressed some of the critical … Continue reading
Posted in Center News, International, Outreach, Uncategorized
Tagged biomedicine, cancer, conference, health care justice, Leonard Fleck, precision medicine
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Can Big Data and AI Improve End-of-Life Care?
This post is a part of our Bioethics in the News series By Tom Tomlinson, PhD A recently reported study claims to more accurately predict how much longer patients will live. Researchers at Stanford University assigned a neural network computer the … Continue reading
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
Posted in Center News, Uncategorized
Tagged cancer, cancer treatment, health care justice, health care rationing, health care reform, health policy, Leonard Fleck, pediatrics
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Chapter from Dr. Fleck published in ‘Cancer Biomarkers: Ethics, Economics and Society’
A chapter from Center Professor Dr. Leonard Fleck has been published in the book Cancer Biomarkers: Ethics, Economics and Society, published by Megaloceros Press. Dr. Fleck’s chapter is titled “Just Caring: Precision Medicine, Cancer Biomarkers and Ethical Ambiguity.” The book is edited … Continue reading
Posted in Book Chapters, Publications, Uncategorized
Tagged bioethics, biomedicine, book chapter, cancer, ethics, Leonard Fleck, personalized medicine
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Correlates of Patient Intent and Preference on Colorectal Cancer Screening
Center Assistant Professor Dr. Karen Kelly-Blake is a co-author of an article in the April 2017 issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. The article, “Correlates of Patient Intent and Preference on Colorectal Cancer Screening,” is co-authored by Masahito Jimbo, … Continue reading
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Tagged American Journal of Preventive Medicine, cancer, colorectal cancer screening, Dr. Karen Kelly-Blake, publication, research
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Do patients have a duty to participate in clinical trials?
The Choice to Become a Research Subject: A First-Person Perspective Event Flyer Patients with serious illnesses are often invited to participate in clinical trials. After being diagnosed with advanced cancer, I became one of those patients. I had to choose … Continue reading
Posted in Bioethics Events, Brownbag & Webinar Series, Outreach, Public Seminar Series
Tagged bioethics, cancer, clinical trials, event announcement, human subjects research, Rebecca Dresser, research, research ethics
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