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Tuesday, 18 August 2026, 12-1 PM CDT, Zoom, Unpacking Bedside Bioethics

Ethical Disobedience: Harm, Futility, and the Slow Code

  • Jason Adam Wasserman PhD, HEC-C
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This session will examine the ethical status of slow codes — resuscitation attempts intentionally performed without genuine effort — in cases where CPR is futile or medically inappropriate but where implementing a DNAR order is challenging…
Center for Bioethics Ethics Grand Rounds, September 18, 2026, 12-1 PM CDT, Zoom, Free, Open to All

The Gap Between Need and Care: What Operation Metro Surge Revealed about Healthcare Organizations

  • Munira Maalimisaq, APRN, FNP-BC
  • Jennifer Needle-Suarez, MD, MPH, HEC-C
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Operation Metro Surge created rapidly changing barriers to healthcare access that challenged traditional assumptions about the responsibilities of healthcare organizations. While healthcare and community organizations responded to the same…