Tag Archives: Medical Ethics

The Ethics of Grateful Patient Fundraising in Medicine

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This weekend on YOUR HEALTH®, Adam and guest co-hosts Dr. Jamila Battle and Dr. Emily Hanna welcome ophthalmologist Dr. Megan Collins—of both the Wilmer Eye Institute and the Berman Institute of Bioethics at Johns Hopkins—for a conversation about the ethics of grateful patient fundraising in medicine.
Dr. Megan Collins

You can catch the episode on:

97.9 FM The Hill

  • Saturday, March 23 at 9 a.m.
  • Sunday, March 24 at 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
  • Monday, March 25 at 6 p.m.

KKAG Retro Radio 88.3 FM

  • Sunday, March 24 at 7 a.m.

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The Ethics of Editing Genetic Material

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This weekend on YOUR HEALTH®, Adam and guest co-host Dr. Jamila Battle talk with Dr. Eli Adashi—professor of medical science and former dean of Medicine and Biological Sciences at Brown University—about the ethics of editing genetic material.

You can catch the episode on:

97.9 FM The Hill

  • Saturday, January 19 at 9 a.m.
  • Sunday, January 20 at 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
  • Monday, January 21 at 6 p.m.

KKAG Retro Radio 88.3 FM

  • Sunday, January 20 at 7 a.m.

 
 

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A Unique Challenge Physicians Face in the Age of Social Media

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This weekend on YOUR HEALTH® Adam and guest co-host Dr. Michael Baca-Atlas talk with Dr. Casey Humbyrd—an orthopedic surgeon and medical ethicist at Johns Hopkins University—about a unique challenge physicians face in the age of social media. Dr. Casey Humbyrd

You can catch the episode on:

WCHL 97.9 FM

    Saturday, March 17 at 9 a.m.
  • Sunday, March 18 at 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
  • Monday, March 19 at 6 p.m.

KKAG Retro Radio 88.3 FM

  • Sunday, March 18 at 7 a.m.

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Worldwide Work Against Threats to Our Health

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This weekend on YOUR HEALTH® Adam and guest co-host Dr. Elizabeth Parks talk with Dr. Myron Cohen, director of the Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases at UNC, about his worldwide work against the spread of AIDS and other threats to our health.
Dr. Myron Cohen

Please tune in! The show will air: 

WCHL 97.9 FM

  • Saturday, October 7 at 9 a.m.
  • Sunday, October 8, at 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
  • Monday, October 9, at 6 p.m.

KKAG Retro Radio 88.3 FM

  • Sunday, October 8, at 7 a.m.

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How the Story of Illnesses Can Shape Care

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Dr. Craig Irvine and Danielle Spencer

This weekend on YOUR HEALTH® Adam and guest co-host Dr. Bob Gwyther talk with the Program of Narrative Medicine at Columbia University’s academic director Dr. Craig Irvine and lecturer Danielle Spencer, co-authors of the new book The Principles and Practices of Narrative Medicine, about how the story of illnesses can shape care.

Please tune in! The show will air:

WCHL 97.9 FM

  • Saturday, June 24, at 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
  • Sunday, June 25, at 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
  • Monday, June 26, at 6 p.m.

KKAG Retro Radio 88.3 FM

  • Sunday, June 25, at 7 a.m.

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  • Research That Matters (min 0-10:04) Diagnosed autism linked to maternal grandmother’s smoking in pregnancy; Women more sensitized than men to metal used in joint replacement; Children conceived after fertility treatments are at increased risk for pediatric cancers; Early death of Medicare patients after discharge from emergency departments
  • Conversations with Dr. Craig Irvine and Danielle Spencer (min 10:04-31:54)
  • House Calls (min 31:54-40:00) My daughter is very afraid of needles. After having a biopsy, I noticed her doctor making faces and mocking my daughter’s discomfort. Should we change doctors?; I’ve been taking Lexapro for several years and feel better now. Can I stop taking the antidepressants?; How do I get rid of dandruff?

The Ethics of Scientific Research

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This weekend on YOUR HEALTH® Adam & Cristy will be talking with Laura Stark, Ph.D., assistant professor at Vanderbilt University’s Center for Medicine, Health, and Society, and associate editor of the journal History & Theory, about the ethics of scientific research.

Laura Stark, Ph.D.

Please tune in! The show will air:

WCHL 97.9 FM

  • Saturday, January 7, at 9 a.m.
  • Sunday, January 8, at 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
  • Monday, January 9, at 6 p.m.

KKAG Retro Radio 88.3 FM

  • Sunday, January 8, at 7 a.m.

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The Ethics of Compassionate Use with Dr. Arthur Caplan

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This weekend on YOUR HEALTH® Adam and guest co-host Dr. Bob Gwyther will be talking with Dr. Arthur Caplan, Director of the Division of Medical Ethics at New York University’s Langone Medical Center about The Ethics of Compassionate Use. 

Please tune in! The show will air:Dr. Arthur Caplan

WCHL 97.9FM
• Saturday, July 23rd at 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
• Sunday, July 24th at 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
• Monday, July 25th at 6 p.m. and 10 p.m.

KKAG Retro Radio 88.7 FM
• Sunday, July 24th at 7 a.m.

 
 

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Re-Air: Life at Guantanamo: The Unspoken Truth with George Annas

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Professor George Annas Chair of the Department of Health Law, Bioethics & Human Rights of Boston University School of Public HealthSpecial guest host, Dr. Amir Barzin, Resident Physician at UNC Family Medicine, will join Cristy to talk with Chair of the Department of Health Law, Bioethics & Human Rights of Boston University School of Public Health, Professor George Annas about Life at Guantanamo: the Unspoken Truth.

Please tune in! This show will re-air:
WCHL 97.9FM
• Saturday, December 27th at 9am
• Sunday, December 28th at 9am and 5pm
• Monday, December 29th at 6pm and 10pm
WBNE 103.7 FM
• Saturday, December 27th at 3pm
KKAG Retro Radio 88.7FM
• Sunday, December 28th at 7am

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Additional Commentary: Why should a physician in the US care about forced-feeding of Guantanamo detainees?

Since 2002, the United States has maintained a military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for detention of persons captured during the “War on Terror”, primarily from Afghanistan and Iraq.  Many have been released without charges and a small number have been charged with high-level crimes, including orchestrating the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center.

Of the remaining 166 detainees, approximately 100 have engaged in a hunger strike during 2013.  To prevent them from dying, the US military has required its physicians at Guantanamo to forcibly insert nasogastric tubes and provide nutritional supplements to hunger-striking prisoners.  Prisoners who do not comply are restrained in special feeding chairs and strapped in until their food is digested, to prevent them from self-induced vomiting.

The World Medical Association and the American Medical Association have both declared that forcibly feeding hunger striking prisoners is unethical.  But why should an American physician care about what happens in Guantanamo?

The simple reason is that physician participation in human rights violations anywhere degrades our profession everywhere.  None of my patients are directly threatened by physicians who act unethically in some other state.  But state medical boards across the United States hold physicians to high ethical standards to ensure public trust in all physicians.  Permitting US physicians to act unethically anywhere undermines trust in physicians and strikes at the core obligation of physicians to act in their patients’ best interests.

The physicians at Guantanamo are not, however, acting on their own accord but are caught in a difficult dual loyalty conflict: they are being ordered by their supervisors to commit acts that are inconsistent with the ethics of their medical profession.  We should support those military physicians at Guantanamo who refuse to carry out orders that violate medical ethics and encourage our elected representatives to force the termination of the abusive practices being done in our name.

Jeffrey Sonis, MD, MPH
Associate Professor, Department of Social Medicine
Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine
University of North Carolina

The Journey of Medical Ethics and Faith with Dr. John Wyatt

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John WyattSpecial guest host, Dr. Karen Halpert, Resident Physician at UNC Family Medicine, will join Cristy to talk with Dr. John Wyatt, Professor Emeritus of Neo-Natal Pediatrics at University College London, about  The Journey of Medical Ethics and Faith.

Please tune in! This show will air:
WCHL 97.9FM
• Saturday, May 17th at 9am
• Sunday, May 18th at 9am and 5pm
• Monday, May 19th at 6pm and 10pm
KKAG Retro Radio 88.7FM
• Sunday, May 18th at 7am

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Show Topics:

  • Research that Matters (min 0-8) thinking & OCD, unfilled prescriptions, your health & fitness, peeing in the pool
  • Conversations with Dr. John Wyatt about The Journey of Medical Ethics and Faith (min 8-30)
  • House Calls (min 30-40) adult onset allergies, diabetes & blood sugar, fibromyalgia & retirement, lumps & removal

Buy Dr. John Wyatt’s Book! Matters of Life and Death

More About Dr. John Wyatt:

John Wyatt is Professor Emeritus of Ethics & Perinatology at University College London and Honorary Consultant Neonatologist at University College London Hospitals. He has more than 25 years of experience as an academic neonatologist working at a major neonatal intensive care unit in London. He was co-Chief investigator fro the first major clinical trial of hypothermia as a clinical treatment for asphyxiated babies. He has a long-standing interest in contemporary ethical debates about advances in medical technology and the beginning of life, and has frequently engaged in public and media debates about controversial issues in medical ethics. he is Chair of the Medical Study Group of the Christian Medical Fellowship and board member of the London Institute for Contemporary Christianity. He and his family are long-stranding members of All Souls Church, Langham Place, London. He is also author of the book, Matters of Life and Death: Human Dilemmas in the light of the Christian Faith, originally published by InterVarsity Press in the UK. The book has subsequently been published in ten other languages.

For more than four decades, John Wyatt was one of Dr. John Stott’s closest personal friends. As the behest of Dr. Stott, Professor Wyatt now serves as an Executor of Dr. Stott’s literary estate.
Following his lectures on the campuses of Duke and UNC, and the public lecture at Blacknall Memorial Presbyterian Church, Dr. Wyatt will be traveling to Green Lake, Wisconsin to present two plenary talks at the Christian Medical and Dental Association’s National Convention.

Life at Guantanamo: The Unspoken Truth with George Annas

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George AnnasSpecial guest host, Dr. Amir Barzin, Resident Physician at UNC Family Medicine, will join Cristy to talk with Chair of the Department of Health Law, Bioethics & Human Rights of Boston University School of Public Health, Professor George Annas about Life at Guantanamo: the Unspoken Truth.

Please tune in! This show will air:

WCHL 97.9FM
• Saturday, December 7th at 9am
• Sunday, December 8th at 9am and 5pm
• Monday, December 9th at 6pm and 10pm

KKAG Retro Radio 88.7FM
• Sunday, December 8th at 7am

Listen to the Show!
Download the episode from the Carolina Digital Repository
 

Additional Commentary: Why should a physician in the US care about forced-feeding of Guantanamo detainees?

Since 2002, the United States has maintained a military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for detention of persons captured during the “War on Terror”, primarily from Afghanistan and Iraq.  Many have been released without charges and a small number have been charged with high-level crimes, including orchestrating the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center.

Of the remaining 166 detainees, approximately 100 have engaged in a hunger strike during 2013.  To prevent them from dying, the US military has required its physicians at Guantanamo to forcibly insert nasogastric tubes and provide nutritional supplements to hunger-striking prisoners.  Prisoners who do not comply are restrained in special feeding chairs and strapped in until their food is digested, to prevent them from self-induced vomiting.

The World Medical Association and the American Medical Association have both declared that forcibly feeding hunger striking prisoners is unethical.  But why should an American physician care about what happens in Guantanamo?

The simple reason is that physician participation in human rights violations anywhere degrades our profession everywhere.  None of my patients are directly threatened by physicians who act unethically in some other state.  But state medical boards across the United States hold physicians to high ethical standards to ensure public trust in all physicians.  Permitting US physicians to act unethically anywhere undermines trust in physicians and strikes at the core obligation of physicians to act in their patients’ best interests.

The physicians at Guantanamo are not, however, acting on their own accord but are caught in a difficult dual loyalty conflict: they are being ordered by their supervisors to commit acts that are inconsistent with the ethics of their medical profession.  We should support those military physicians at Guantanamo who refuse to carry out orders that violate medical ethics and encourage our elected representatives to force the termination of the abusive practices being done in our name.

Jeffrey Sonis, MD, MPH
Associate Professor, Department of Social Medicine
Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine
University of North Carolina