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Bioethics for Breakfast: Caring with and for undocumented physicians and patients

Posted on April 27, 2021 by Center for Bioethics and Social Justice

Malkia Newman, Anti-Stigma Team Supervisor at CNS Healthcare, and Dr. Debra A. Pinals of MDHHS and the University of Michigan presented at the Feb. 25 Bioethics for Breakfast session, offering perspectives and insight on the topic “Mental Health Care Access: Making the Dollars and “Common Sense” Case for Parity.” Continue reading →

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Bioethics for Breakfast: Mental Health Care Access: Making the Dollars and “Common Sense” Case for Parity

Posted on March 5, 2021 by Center for Bioethics and Social Justice

Malkia Newman, Anti-Stigma Team Supervisor at CNS Healthcare, and Dr. Debra A. Pinals of MDHHS and the University of Michigan presented at the Feb. 25 Bioethics for Breakfast session, offering perspectives and insight on the topic “Mental Health Care Access: Making the Dollars and “Common Sense” Case for Parity.” Continue reading →

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Bioethics for Breakfast: Health Reform Unmentionables: Long-Term Care

Posted on December 17, 2020 by Center for Bioethics and Social Justice

Anne Montgomery and Sarah Slocum, co-directors of Altarum’s Program to Improve Eldercare, presented at the December 10 Bioethics for Breakfast session, offering perspectives and insight on the topic “Health Reform Unmentionables: Long-Term Care.” While past Bioethics for Breakfast events were held in … Continue reading →

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Bioethics for Breakfast: Health Care Deserts: What is Happening in Rural America?

Posted on October 20, 2020 by Center for Bioethics and Social Justice

Dr. Steve Barnett and Dr. Kelly Hirko presented at the October 8th Bioethics for Breakfast session, offering perspectives and insight on the topic “Health Care Deserts: What is Happening in Rural America?” While past Bioethics for Breakfast events were held in … Continue reading →

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Listen: Why I Left the U.S. for My Surgical Procedure

Posted on March 10, 2020 by Center for Bioethics and Social Justice

This podcast episode features Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences faculty members Dr. Len Fleck, Acting Director, and Dr. Larissa Fluegel, Assistant Professor. Continue reading →

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Bioethics for Breakfast: Can Pharmaceutical Cost Control Be Achieved Ethically with Surgical Precision?

Posted on February 12, 2020 by Center for Bioethics and Social Justice

Paula Cunningham and Craig Hunter presented at the February 6th Bioethics for Breakfast event, offering perspectives and insight on the topic “Health Reform: Can Pharmaceutical Cost Control Be Achieved Ethically with Surgical Precision?” This year’s Bioethics for Breakfast series is … Continue reading →

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Bioethics for Breakfast: Our Sick Health Care System: What’s the Differential Diagnosis?

Posted on December 9, 2019 by Center for Bioethics and Social Justice

Laura Appel and Marti Lolli presented at the December 5th Bioethics for Breakfast event, offering perspectives and insight on the topic “Our Sick Health Care System: What’s the Differential Diagnosis?” Continue reading →

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Listen: Ethics and Policy Issues of Targeted Cancer Therapies

Posted on October 10, 2019 by Center for Bioethics and Social Justice

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 →

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Health Care and Social Justice: Just Take Two Aspirin for Your Tumor If You Cannot Afford Your Cancer Care

Posted on October 10, 2019 by Center for Bioethics and Social Justice

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 →

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Bioethics for Breakfast: Medicare for All: What Should That Mean?

Posted on September 27, 2019 by Center for Bioethics and Social Justice

Stacey Hettiger and Rick Murdock presented at the September 26th Bioethics for Breakfast event, offering perspectives and insight on the topic “Medicare for All: What Should That Mean?” “Medicare for All” has become a contentious political slogan. Advocates for various versions … Continue reading →

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