The Way We Die: Seeds of Wisdom from President Carter and My Mother
“We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.” – Jimmy Carter, 39th U.S. President Ou...
March 6, 2023
All That Matters
We call them loved ones, family, when life is thriving – intimate, caring. We know them as legal guardians, when death i...
November 2, 2022
The Code Blue Pharmacist
A patient coded at my hospital without having clear guidelines about what he wanted for treatment plan. It left the hosp...
May 13, 2022
COVID-19 Pandemic Imposes Clear End-Of-Life Decisions Criteria
by Carlo Bellieni, MD During the COVID-19 pandemic, end-of-life decision criteria for dying patients were the focus...
October 20, 2020
Improving the Informed Consent Process for Seniors Regarding AICDs: The Need for Bioethici...
by Arnold R. Eiser, MD MACP Our healthcare system is failing our most senior citizens by assuming they want and need to ...
July 17, 2020
Brain Death Testing: Time for National Uniformity
This post appears in the June issue of the American Journal of Bioethics. by Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD It is time to revis...
June 2, 2020
Is Family Presence Safe During the COVID-19 Pandemic?
by Stephen P. Wood, MS, ACNP-BC I stood facing the iPad attached to a rolling stand punching in the phone number of the ...
June 1, 2020
Balancing COVID-19 Quantity and Quality of Care via Geographic Redistribution: A Matter of...
by Joyeeta G Dastidar, MD In New York City, the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country with a quarter of the ...
May 26, 2020
Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Ventilators
by Craig Klugman, Ph.D. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed b...
April 22, 2020
Just Say No: Without PPE, No One Should be Doing Potentially Risky Procedures on Patients ...
by Craig Klugman, Ph.D. A regular flurry of articles demonstrate the high cost that health care providers pay for their ...
April 7, 2020
Using Implementation Science to Enact Specific Ethical Norms: The Case of Code Status Poli...
This editorial presented by the American Journal of Bioethics. You can see the April 2020 issue by clicking here. by Emi...
March 27, 2020
BioethicsTV (March 17-26, 2020)
“Exploring ethical issues in TV medical dramas” by Craig Klugman, Ph.D. The Resident (Seasons 3; Episode 18): Maintainin...
March 27, 2020