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Clinical Ethics Grand Rounds-Save the Date

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Parr - Bioethics Lecturer Elizabeth Barnes, PhD G-100 Bondurant Hall (Hybrid) Jointly sponsored by the UNC Center for Bioethics and the UNC Hospital Ethics Committee, Clinical Ethics Grand Rounds offers an innovative and interactive forum for engaging with ethical, legal, and policy issues of particular salience to patient care within the hospital. There are no … Read more

Clinical Ethics Grand Rounds: Conceptualizing Culture in Healthcare Contexts: A Theoretical Framework

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Conceptualizing Culture in Healthcare Contexts: A Theoretical Framework Elaine Hsieh, Ph.D., J.D. Chair and Professor, Communication Studies University of Minnesota Elaine Hsieh (Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2004; J.D., University of Oklahoma, 2019) is Chair and Professor in the Department of Communication, University of Minnesota (starting 7/15/2022), and a Visiting Professor at the University … Read more

Clinical Ethics Grand Rounds: Providing Optimal Care When Providers and Patients Do Not Share the Same Language

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Clinical Ethics Grand Rounds Elaine Hsieh, Ph.D., J.D. Chair and Professor, Communication Studies University of Minnesota October 12 https://bioethics.unc.edu/talk/providing-0ptimal-care-when-providers-and-patients-do-not-share-the-same-language/ Elaine Hsieh (Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2004; J.D., University of Oklahoma, 2019) is Chair and Professor in the Department of Communication, University of Minnesota (starting 7/15/2022), and a Visiting Professor at the University of … Read more

GENES, LIFESTYLE, AND RISK FOR HEART ATTACK

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A Video from the NIH Director's Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series: Coronary artery disease is the leading global cause of mortality. Long recognized to be heritable, recent advances have started to unravel the genetic architecture of the disease. Genetic testing could enable precision-medicine approaches by identifying subgroups of patients who are at increased risk of coronary … Read more

Bullitt History of Medicine Club: Bringing Big Data to Asylum Studies: Historical Possibilities, Ethical Challenges

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Bringing Big Data to Asylum Studies: Historical Possibilities, Ethical Challenges Dr. Robert C. Allen, Director, Digital Innovation Lab, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Sarah E. Almond, Assistant Director, Community Histories Workshop, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Using material from the State Archives of North Carolina, Dr. Allen and Ms. Almond have … Read more

2019 Mitchell Symposium: “Embodiment and Human Occupation: Implications for Health and Social Care”

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Speaker: Elizabeth “Anne” Kinsella, PhD, MAdEd, BSc(OT) Kinsella is an associate professor in the School of Occupational Therapy, and member of the Occupational Science and health professional education fields in the Health & Rehabilitation Sciences graduate program at Western University. Anne has published more than 60 peer-reviewed journal articles and 20 book chapters related to the … Read more

Clinical Ethics Grand Rounds: Washing Your Hands of It: Ethical Implications of Infection Control Policy and Practice

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Emily Landon, MD The University of Chicago Medicine, Medical Director, Infection Control At the intersection of clinical and public health ethics lies the important practices of infection control. Often taken for granted as both proper and necessary, infection control encompasses a variety of practices that invite closer scrutiny. Is isolation worth the burden it imposes … Read more

Clinical Ethics Grand Rounds: “Can we afford to avoid the cost discussion?”

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Healthcare costs continue to rise, with cancer leading the way. As patients face growing treatment-related financial burden, clinicians should consider their role in this predicament. Should we stay in our lane, and just treat the patient with the best care possible? Or should we discuss with our patients the cost of every test and drug? … Read more

FILM SCREENING: RESILIENCE

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https://www.med.unc.edu/socialmed/wp-content/uploads/sites/462/2018/10/Oct-23-Screening-Resilience.pdf

Research Ethics Grand Rounds: Developing a Scalable Consent for Diverse Participant Engagement

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Megan Doerr, M.S., L.G.C. The All of Us Research Program, a keystone of the Precision Medicine Initiative, aims to assemble a cohort of one million or more people to accelerate research and improve health. Central to the program’s aims is ensuring that the cohort is representative of the diversity of those living in the United … Read more