Using Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) to Enhance Interprofessional Education
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Source: blog.bioethics.net - January 14, 2021 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: GalN Tags: Health Care syndicated Teaching Source Type: blogs

Scripting Death: Stories of Assisted Dying in America
Mara Buchbinder has a new book: Scripting Death: Stories of Assisted Dying in America. "Over the past five years, medical aid-in-dying (also known as assisted suicide) has expanded rapidly in the United States and is now legally available to ... (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - January 14, 2021 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD Tags: Health Care syndicated Source Type: blogs

Can a Global Vaccine Strategy Prioritizing Covid-19 Variant Hotspots be Ethical?
by Richard B. Gibson Ensuring that healthcare resources are made available to those in the greatest need of them – be that individuals, groups, populations, or countries – is not only a matter of public health but also one of ethics. A failure to implement appropriate resources allocation, reflective of a situation’s specific demands, illustrates not only an ignorance of public health factors but also betrays ethical shortcomings. In short, those stakeholders facing the toughest healthcare challenges should be afforded the greatest number of resources.… (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - January 14, 2021 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Blog Editor Tags: COVID-19 pandemic Featured Posts Global Ethics Justice Public Health Social Justice Vaccines Covid vaccine Source Type: blogs

Preserving Patient Dignity (Formerly Patient Modesty) Volume 116
Let's get started on Volume 116 with this video from YouTube.  It's about 4 minutes or so in length but clearly shows a potentially upsetting relationship between a patient and his physician and physician's office.  On completion of the ... (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - January 14, 2021 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Maurice Bernstein, M.D. Tags: Health Care syndicated Source Type: blogs

The Bioethics of Built Health Care Spaces
Around the world, an alarming percentage of Covid-19 deaths occurred in long-term care facilities. Some of these deaths may have been avoided by changes in design. It's time that bioethicists to take a closer look at the built health care environment. The post The Bioethics of Built Health Care Spaces appeared first on The Hastings Center. (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - January 13, 2021 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Susan Gilbert Tags: Health Care COVID-19 Hastings Bioethics Forum Health and Health Care health care architecture syndicated Source Type: blogs

Lessons to Learn From The Slow Vaccine Rollout
by Arthur Caplan, PhD There is general agreement that the rollout of vaccines in the United States has been a dismal failure. Too many doses are in warehouses, not nearly enough in arms. And too much confusion exists about prioritizing those in need versus allowing institutions and vaccination sites discretion to decide how best to use their supplies. Given these challenges, what lessons can be drawn about vaccination policy going forward? Drawing up priority lists without attention to logistics—where vaccine is being given– is confusing in terms of maximizing protection, vaccines in arms or following guid...
Source: blog.bioethics.net - January 13, 2021 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Arthur Caplan Tags: COVID-19 pandemic Decision making Featured Posts Public Health Vaccines Covid-19 vaccine Source Type: blogs

Amendments to Washington Death with Dignity Act – More Accessible MAID
A few days ago, I blogged about how New Mexico MAID legislation is designed to be more accessible than the traditional Oregon model. New Washington State legislation (H.B. 1141) is similarly designed to be more accessible. Waiting Period: The Wash... (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - January 13, 2021 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD Tags: Health Care syndicated Source Type: blogs

Dementia Directives for Stopping Eating and Drinking – Important Alternative to MAID
Once a patient loses capacity from dementia, medical aid in dying is usually no longer a last resort option. This is exemplified by the case of Christine Bregnard profiled in the Swiss media this week. Only in the Netherlands can one (while capaci... (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - January 13, 2021 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD Tags: Health Care syndicated Source Type: blogs