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On compassion fatigue. #bioethics July 2, 2021
From BMJ. #bioethics How can I manage compassion fatigue? https://www.bmj.com/content/373/bmj.n1495
Bioethics: on the CureVac mRNA vaccine: 6/24/21
What went wrong with CureVac's mRNA vaccine? #bioethics #vaccination #covid19 https://science.sciencemag.org/content/372/6549/1381
Bioethics: 6/24/21: on the approval of aducanumab
"FDA's green light, science's red light." I am concerned about the approval of this drug with such low benefit, side effects and high...
Bioethics: June 24, 2021: On banking living donor kidneys for transplant:
#bioethics A family member provides a donation for a patient who needs the kidney now and in return receives a voucher for a family...
Bioethics: on making diagnostic assumptions: June 16, 2021.
on making assumptions to early in the diagnostic process. "We, the Baby's Doctors, Were Wrong " #bioethics https://opmed.doximity.com/art...
Bioethics: links on pharmaceuticals: June 16, 2021
Bioethics: pharmaceutical safety The F.D.A. tells Johnson & Johnson that about 60 million doses made at troubled plant cannot be used....
Bioethics: on a new drug for Alzheimer's: June 16, 2021
"North Texas doctors are divided over the controversial new Alzheimer’s drug' #bioethics https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2021/06/12/north...
Bioethics: on marriage and dementia: June 16, 2021
On handling a marriage when one person is demented #bioethics https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2019/09/was-i-right-divorce-my-d...
Bioethics: vaccination and Covid-19 Several links from early June : June 16, 2021
"Opinion | Biden’s failing miserably at addressing concerns from the vaccine hesitant" Do you agree? #bioethics #vaccination #covid19...
Bioethics: on coverage of advance care planning: May 29, 2021
Despite Big Buildup, Few Benefit From Medicare’s Advance Care Planning Coverage #bioethics https://ja.ma/3oRyCW7
Bioethics: on vaccine access priority: 5/24/21
Allocation of COVID-19 vaccination: when public prioritisation preferences differ from official regulations #bioethics...
Bioethics: on digital contact tracing wearables: 5/24/21
Ethics of digital contact tracing wearables #bioethics #privacy https://jme.bmj.com/content/early/2021/05/13/medethics-2020-106958
Bioethics: on autism & stem cell therapy: 5/24/21
Moral obligations in conducting stem cell-based therapy trials for autism spectrum disorder #bioethics https://jme.bmj.com/content/early/...
Bioethics: on balancing our need for medical workers to be vaccinated & their need for autonomy 5/24
"Spoonful of honey or a gallon of vinegar? A conditional COVID-19 vaccination policy for front-line healthcare workers" #bioethics...
Bioethics: on informed consent 5/22/21
"Informed Consent: What Must Be Disclosed and What Must Be Understood?" #bioethics https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15265161.2...
Bioethics: on lying. May 22, 2021
"Deception and the Clinical Ethicist" #bioethics https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15265161.2020.1863513#.YKk6_IVUaZE.twitter...
Bioethics: Covid19 vaccines: 5/21/21
A group is studying how covid vaccines work when the patient receives different vaccines for the 2 doses. It appears that combining the...
On the bioethics of vaccinating US children vs sending vaccine to India: May 19,2021
Thoughts: We need to both help other struggling societies access needed items (vaccines, oxygen, health care) and also vaccinate our...
Bioethics & vaccination: May 19, 2021
UT Southwestern to study COVID-19 vaccine-allergy link #bioethics #covid19#vaccinations https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2021/05/14/ut-sou...