Medical Ethics

Newsletter Archive

2009

  • Winter- Reflections on Ethical Issues Surrounding Direct to Consumer Genetic Testing
  • Fall-The Division in Transition 

2008 

  • December-Literature, Medicine, & Meth Addiction
  • November-Body Worlds: Ethical Questions--or a new way of seeing the exhibit?
  • October-The Health Care Professional-Patient Relationship: Meeting What Patients Really Want
  • September-Health Care Reform: What is Essential?
  • August-2008 Medical Ethics Prize Winners: "Guaranteed Health Care Access for Children" by F. Thurston Drake
  • July -2008 Medical Ethics Prize Winners: "Prisoners and Medical Research" by Sara Wikstrom
  • June - "Waiving Informed Consent in Newborn Screening Research: Balancing Social Value and Respect"
  • May - Medical Tourism: Would You, Could You, Should You?
  • April - When and How to Involve Familites and Friends in Patient Care
  • March - Brainstorming about Managing Healthcare Costs: Nightmares or Solutions?
  • February - Should Seriously Ill Patients Have Access to Experimental Drugs?
  • January - Neurocognitive Enhancement: What Can We Do and What Should We Do?

2007

  • December -  University of Utah School of Medicine Alumni Distinguished Service Award September 12, 2007
  • November -  Why Does Medicalization Matter?
  • October -  Atul Gawande: Better Performance in Medicine
  • September -  No Research Field is Exempt from IRB Review: Should They Be?
  • August - Truth, Lies, and Deception in the Care of Patients with Dementia (article references)
  • July - Placebo Surgery: An Ethical Dilemma  (article references)
  • June - The Division of Medical Ethics And Humanities
  • May - The Business of Medicine--Today and Tomorrow
  • April - Teamwork in Cases of Medical Futility
  • March - The Good Doctor vs. The Good Parent
  • February - "Managing Medical Conflicts of Interest"
  • January - "Into the Light of Day: Civic Engagement about the War on Terror"