Clinical Ethics

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Upcoming Talks
Feb
20

The Angst in Adolescent Decision-Making

  • Ian Wolfe, PhD, MA, RN, HEC-C
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May
21

Withdrawing and Withholding: Distinctions and Controversies in End of Life Care

  • Jaime Konerman-Sease, PhD, HEC-C
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Recent Talks

Conscientious Objection: The Pharmacist’s Right to Refuse to Fill Contraceptive Prescriptions

  • Tim Stratton, PhD, RPh, FAPhA, University of Minnesota, Duluth

When Can Clinicians Refuse an AMA Discharge Request? The Ethical Challenge of AMA Discharges and Involuntary Hospitalization

  • Joel Wu, JD, MPH, MA, HEC-C, University of Minnesota

Standards for Surrogate Decision-Making

  • Jennifer Needle, MD, MPH, University of Minnesota

Informed Consent: Beyond "Consenting" the Patient

  • Thaddeus Pope, JD, PhD, HEC-C, Mitchell Hamline School of Law
  • Miriam Shapiro, MD, University of Minnesota Medical School

“Who Ya Gonna Call?” When Your Patients Can’t Decide by Themselves

  • Joan Henriksen, PhD, RN, HEC-C, Abbott Northwestern Hospital

The True Role of Autonomy in Medicine

  • Joel Wu, JD, MPH, MA, HEC-C, University of Minnesota

Demystifying Decision-Making Capacity

  • Jaime Konerman-Sease, PhD, University of Minnesota
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News
Dr. Jennifer Needle and Dr. Joel Wu headshot

Are they really dead? Ethical Controversies related to Normothermic Regional Perfusion Donation after Cardiac Death

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Ethicists Are Finding Ways to Meet Needs of Rural Clinicians

Dr. Miriam Shapiro

Toward an Understanding of Teams and Teamwork in the PICU

Headshot of Prof. Thaddeus Pope

Professor Thaddeus Pope publishes chapter: “Is Consent Required for Clinicians to Make a Determination of Death by Neurologic Criteria?”

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Mayo Clinic Redesignated a Level 4 Trauma Hospital

Pediatric patient on a hospital bed in the ICU

New Case Commentary: Responding to Parental Objections Over Testing for Death by Neurologic Criteria

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