Archive: Media
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Ethicslab Podcast: Psychiatric Disability and Life Threatening Non-Adherence, featuring Dr. Carol Taylor, Dr. Michael Pottash, Dr. Laura Guidry-Grimes and Dr. Sarah Kleinfeld
In the Ethicslab podcast, Dr. Carol Taylor, Dr. Michael Pottash, Dr. Laura Guidry-Grimes and Dr. Sarah Kleinfeld reflect on the stories of patients with psychiatric disability, who face end-of-life situations after prolonged non-adherence to a medical treatment plan. The guests offer their ethical reflections on the challenges, naming the components of complexity, and what is important for ethics committee members to pay attention to in patient stories like these.
Categories: Media, Past events
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“Advance Directive-ish”, Dr. Michael Pottash Writes on the Better Healthcare Blog
Dr. Michael Pottash writes about problems with advance directives, and provides specific guidelines for doctors, patients and families to take into account, for them to be useful.
Category: Media
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Global Podcast: The Laboratory for Global Performance and Politics
In the Global Podcast, the Global Communications Group explores the relationship between the arts and international relations through the work of The Laboratory for Global Performance and Politics (The Lab).
Categories: Media, Past events
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“The Power of your Suffering Is in How You Tell your Story”, Aminatta Forna in PBS NewsHour’s My Humble Opinion
Aminatta Forna spoke about trauma in the “In My Humble Opinion” segment of PBS NewsHour. She responds to what she considers an overuse of the word “trauma”, stressing, instead, people’s ability to shape their own narratives”.
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Natascha de Vasconcellos Otoya Interviewed Professor John McNeill
Natascha De Vasconcellos Otoya, History PhD student and one of our 2021-2022 Research Fellowships recipients, interviewed Professor John McNeill about his work on global environmental history, the trajectory of the field, and the practical challenges of writing history on a global scale.
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“Selective Empathy: Stories and the Power of Narrative”, Aminatta Forna on World Literature Today
Aminatta Forna reflects on the power of storytelling, and how it both allows us to understand the worlds of other people, while also reflecting “entire range of views, assumptions, readings and misreadings” about those viewed as “other”.
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“Literature’s Lessons for Medical Students”, Daniel Marchalik’s Reflections on the MedStar Health Blog
Drawing from his trajectory studying both medicine and literature, Dr. Daniel Marchalik reflects about the value of applying literature to the medical field in this post on the MedStar Health Blog.
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“The Future of Genetics—How Far Is Too Far?”, Claire McDaniel and Daniel Marchalik’s Entry on The Doctor’s Book Club
In this entry on The Doctor’s Book Club, Dr. Daniel Marchalik and Claire McDaniel explore Siddhartha Mukherjee’s The Gene: An Intimate History, which traces the long history of genetics and our understanding of evolution, from the ancient Greek scientists to today’s high-tech university labs.
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“The Other Side of Research in The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks”, Claire McDaniel and Daniel Marchalik’s Entry on The Doctor’s Book Club
In this entry on The Doctor’s Book Club, Dr. Daniel Marchalik and Claire McDaniel delve into the history and evolution of bioethics, and its impact on the individuals involved in Rebecca Skloot’s 2010 award winning non-fiction book The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.
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Dr. Michael Pottash Writes about Clinicians’ Word Choices on the Better Healthcare Blog
Dr. Michael Pottash writes about the use of nonspecific words amongst clinicians when communicating prognosis to patients, families and other medical providers, and suggests that it would be clearer if healthcare professionals simply used explicit time frames in documentation and in consultation with patients when attempting to convey a prognosis.
Category: Media