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What Makes Clinical Research Ethical?
Christine Grady reflects on 25 years of research ethics and the future
 • Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA
When Your Chart Labels You: Stigmatizing Language in Medical Records
How doctors write about you can hurt more than your feelings
 • Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA
58:39
Replacing Body Parts with Mary Roach!
An exploration of anatomy and science communication with a best-selling author
 • Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA
Root Canals, "Race Records", and A Radical Reimagining of Medical Ethics
Bioethics Events in September and October 2025
 • Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA
Replaceable You: Live with Mary Roach on Wednesday
Join a live discussion with Author Mary Roach on her hilarious new book about human body parts and what we do to replace them
 • Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA
1:00:53
Artist’s Way for Healthcare Workers
Join Anu and Laura in embracing creativity as a healthcare worker
 • Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA, Introspective Spaces, and Anu G
50:07
Comply with Fear or Stand Up for Patients?
Sanctuary Doctoring with Mark Kuczewski
 • Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA and Mark Kuczewski
A Defibrillator, a Death Sentence, and the Faux Ethics of State Killing
Nashville General Hospital never agreed to help with execution, the state plans to move ahead regardless
 • Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA
A Tale of Tennessee Ethics
Will physicians invoke the Medical Ethics Defense Act to prevent state-sanctioned killing?
 • Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA
Understanding Tennessee’s Medical Ethics Defense Act
The conscientious objection law further shields physicians who refuse to take care of patients
 • Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA
Pediatricians Sue RFK Jr Over Vaccine Schedule
One more reason to love the American Academy of Pediatrics
 • Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA
The Retrievals Returns
A Podcast About Women’s Pain Is Still Relevant Two Years Later
 • Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA
Bioethics Round-Up: July 2025
What I'm reading, watching and loving
 • Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA
57:21
Second Opinion: Healthism, Long COVID, and Blame in Medicine
A recording from Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA and Dr. Zeest Khan's live video
 • Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA and Dr. Zeest Khan
Poppies & Propofol
Poppies & Propofol
Pulling aside the hospital curtain to reveal how public health, politics, and policy impact human well-being.
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