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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
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A Tale of Tennessee Ethics
Will physicians invoke the Medical Ethics Defense Act to prevent state-sanctioned killing?
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Understanding Tennessee’s Medical Ethics Defense Act
The conscientious objection law further shields physicians who refuse to take care of patients
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Pediatricians Sue RFK Jr Over Vaccine Schedule
One more reason to love the American Academy of Pediatrics
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The Retrievals Returns
A Podcast About Women’s Pain Is Still Relevant Two Years Later
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Be a Strong Link for Immigrant Patients 🔗
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Pregnant Georgia woman declared dead, kept in ICU over family's objection
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West Texas Measles Outbreak
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Dr. Christine Grady, NIH Bioethics Leader and Consent Expert, “Resassigned” in Purge
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Bioethics Round-Up: July 2025
What I'm reading, watching and loving
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Second Opinion: Healthism, Long COVID, and Blame in Medicine
A recording from Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA and Dr. Zeest Khan's live video
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Patient Autonomy Crushed in Major Supreme Court Ruling
Medicaid recipients just lost a core protection. Learn how the Medina ruling erodes patient choice, autonomy, and access to essential care.
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The Bethesda Declaration with Dr. Arghavan Salles
This week, staff across the National Institutes of Health (NIH) released an open letter to Jay Bhattacharya, the current Director of the NIH, calling…
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Pregnant Georgia woman declared dead, kept in ICU over family's objection
Misogyny know a no bounds in the anti-patient autonomy movement
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America Exported Measles to Mexico. Now What?
The U.S. is Fumbling Our Measles Response.
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Transplants, NIH, Conspiracy Theories, the Trolley Problem & the Milky Seas
What I'm Reading, Watching, and Loving
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Dr. Christine Grady, NIH Bioethics Leader and Consent Expert, “Resassigned” in Purge
The Dismantling of NIH Bioethics Paves the Way for Unethical Research
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$2 Million Gene Therapy
An effective rare disease therapy is overshadowed by the cost, while pharma rakes in cash
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Pulling aside the hospital curtain to reveal how public health, politics, and policy impact human well-being.
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