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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. Eijkholt presents at Upper Great Lakes Palliative Care & Hospice Conference
Center Assistant Professor Dr. Marleen Eijkholt recently traveled to Marquette, MI to present at the Upper Great Lakes Palliative Care & Hospice Conference, hosted by Lake Superior Life Care & Hospice. The conference brought together a wide variety of providers, including home … Continue reading
Bioethics for Breakfast: Charlie Gard and Solomon’s Dilemma: What are the limits of parental medical decision making?
Honorable Laura Baird, JD, and Marleen Eijkholt, JD, PhD, presented at the Bioethics for Breakfast event on September 28, 2017, offering perspective and insight on the topic, “Charlie Gard and Solomon’s Dilemma: What are the limits of parental medical decision making?” … Continue reading
Posted in Bioethics Events, Friends of the Center, Outreach, Uncategorized
Tagged bioethics, bioethics for breakfast, Charlie Gard, end of life decisions, law, pediatrics
Medicine’s Collusion with False Hopes: Rights to try, false hope, and the spine of the profession
This post is a part of our Bioethics in the News series By Marleen Eijkholt, JD, PhD Imagine your loved one is dying. You have heard about an intervention out there, somewhere, that could help—you think. Not trying this intervention for … Continue reading
Assisted Suicide’s Moral Hostages
This post is a part of our Bioethics in the News series By Tom Tomlinson, PhD This isn’t exactly news, but some of you may remember a ripple of controversy surrounding a proposal before the Dutch legislature to legalize assisted … Continue reading
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
Dr. Tom Tomlinson on WGVU Public Radio discussing adolescents making end-of-life decisions
Dr. Tom Tomlinson, who is a co-presenter at an upcoming symposium presented by the Michigan State University College of Law Journal of Medicine and Law, spoke with David Moore on WGVU Public Radio about whether dying adolescents should be able to make their own end-of-life … Continue reading
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Tagged College of Law, end of life decisions, Michigan State University, radio, Tom Tomlinson, WGVU
