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Double Arm Transplant: Is It Ethical?
A veteran recently received a double arm transplant. Besides being wildly expensive, is it ethical to put someone's arms on another person's body? (Source: Medscape Plastic Surgery and Aesthetic Podcast)
Source: Medscape Plastic Surgery and Aesthetic Podcast - March 5, 2013 Category: Cosmetic Surgery Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts

Finally! Guidance on Relationships Between Experts and Pharma
Henry Black talks to Michael Weber about the new ACRE guidelines, which provide recommendations on realistic and ethical relationships between pharmaceutical companies and medical experts. (Source: Medscape Cardiology Podcast)
Source: Medscape Cardiology Podcast - February 12, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts

Ethical Issues in the Ophthalmology Practice
A panel of experts at Hawaiian Eye[TM] 2013 agreed that ophthalmologists must not simply pretend to not see ethical issues in their practices. (Source: Medscape Ophthalmology Podcast)
Source: Medscape Ophthalmology Podcast - February 7, 2013 Category: Opthalmology Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts

Why You Should Sometimes Prescribe a Placebo
Physicians responding to Medscape’s 2012 Ethics survey were divided as to whether or not it was ever okay to prescribe a placebo. Bioethicist Art Caplan tells why he thinks it’s sometimes necessary. (Source: Medscape Cardiology Podcast)
Source: Medscape Cardiology Podcast - January 3, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts

Reporting Impaired Elderly Drivers: What's Ethical?
What do you do if you see that an older patient is losing some physical abilities related to driving? You're not obligated to report, but should you anyway? (Source: Medscape Medscape Podcast)
Source: Medscape Medscape Podcast - November 19, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts

SCCM Pod-191 CCM: Ethics at the End of Life
Michael Weinstein, MD, FACS, FCCP, speaks with Joanne L. Hart, MD, about her article published in the September Critical Care Medicine (Source: SCCM PodCast - iCritical Care)
Source: SCCM PodCast - iCritical Care - August 30, 2012 Category: Intensive Care Authors: The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) Tags: Medicine Source Type: podcasts

Between HIPAA and a Hard Place
Dr. Kathy Miller reports on an ethical dilemma: Should she violate HIPAA or let a terminally ill nurse return to work where his weakened capacity endangers himself and the patients under his care? (Source: Medscape Oncology)
Source: Medscape Oncology - July 26, 2012 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts

Episode 20: Evolution of the Patient-Doctor Relationship
A practicing physician with a leadership role in the HMS Division of Medical Ethics reflects on power shifts over the decades. (Source: Harvard Medical Labcast)
Source: Harvard Medical Labcast - May 31, 2012 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Harvard Medical School Office of Communications and External Relations Source Type: podcasts

Can a Hospital Say, 'Only Thin Doctors Can Work Here'?
A Texas hospital refuses to hire overweight staff, including doctors and nurses. Is this ethical -- or sensible? A leading bioethicist gives his take on the situation. (Source: Medscape Pediatrics Podcast)
Source: Medscape Pediatrics Podcast - May 3, 2012 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts

Ethics: Withhold Genetic Test Results if Mother Will Abort?
The Arizona Senate recently approved a bill that would allow doctors to withhold genetic test information if it could result in abortion. A leading bioethicist provides his take on this serious issue. (Source: Medscape ObGyn Podcast)
Source: Medscape ObGyn Podcast - May 2, 2012 Category: OBGYN Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts

Should Mentally Challenged Patients Receive Organ Transplants?
A Philadelphia doctor refused to recommend a kidney transplant for a mentally disabled 3-year-old girl. An ethicist talks about whether mentally challenged patients should receive organ transplants. (Source: Medscape Public Health & Prevention Podcast)
Source: Medscape Public Health & Prevention Podcast - February 23, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts

Lying to Patients: No Huge Ethical Failure, Says Bioethicist
Truth is more a tool than a necessity, says a leading ethicist, commenting on a recent study showing that physicians are not always fully truthful with patients. (Source: Medscape Business of Medicine Podcast)
Source: Medscape Business of Medicine Podcast - February 10, 2012 Category: Health Management Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts

Should Gay Doctors Reveal Their Orientation to Patients?
A religious radio host recently exhorted parents to avoid gay doctors. An ethics expert talks about patients’ right to select their physicians and doctors’ rights to be open about their lives. (Source: Medscape Pharmacists Podcast)
Source: Medscape Pharmacists Podcast - November 18, 2011 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts

Noncompliant vs Noncooperative Patients: Treat Them Differently?
An ethics expert says that patients who refuse to adhere to recommended care differ from those who want to but fall short of their good intentions. The way you deal with each could affect the results. (Source: Medscape Cardiology Podcast)
Source: Medscape Cardiology Podcast - September 14, 2011 Category: Cardiology Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts

Concierge Practice: Unjust for Patients and Doctors Alike
Concierge medicine is gaining in popularity, and physicians claim that doctors are entitled to practice the way they want and patients enjoy this. Ethics expert Art Caplan, PhD, says it's an unfair arrangement. (Source: Medscape Business of Medicine Podcast)
Source: Medscape Business of Medicine Podcast - August 4, 2011 Category: Health Management Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts

Should Clinician Prescribing Data Be Sold?
Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman discusses the ethics of disclosing or selling clinician prescribing data to private entities such as drug manufacturers. (Source: Medscape Ophthalmology Podcast)
Source: Medscape Ophthalmology Podcast - July 25, 2011 Category: Opthalmology Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts

THE FUTURE OF NONPROFITS - Jul 12,2011
SURVIVOR SPOTLIGHT ANGELA VAN TREUREN Young Adult Survivor Small Cell Carcinoma of the Cervix Member, CaringBridge RANDALL C. MOSS Social Media Marketing Manager MeadWestvaco Author, The Future of Nonprofits DAVID O. RENZ PHD Beth K. Smith/Missouri Chair in Nonprofit Leadership Director, Midwest Center for Nonprofit Leadership Chair, Department of Public Affairsnonprofit management | charity innovation | corporate responsibility | social ethics | cancer advocacy (Source: The Stupid Cancer Show - Blog Talk Radio)
Source: The Stupid Cancer Show - Blog Talk Radio - July 11, 2011 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Stupid Cancer Show Tags: Health Source Type: podcasts

Ethical BlindSpots and what to do about them
Image via Wikipedia This is a review of Max H. Bazerman and Ann E. Tenbrunsel’s new book ‘Blind Spots: why we fail to do what’s right and what to do about it‘ published by Princeton. Before I start a disclaimer seems right. I receive review books from Princeton and have received this book free of cost for review. Considering that I love free stuff, esp if it is good psychology / neuroscience books, and considering the fact that Princeton editors are more likely to send review copies to those who give a positive review, there is a potential conflict of interest. Now that I have disclosed this confli...
Source: The Mouse Trap - June 18, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: sandygautam Tags: moral sense Conflict of interest Decision making Ethics Max H. Bazerman Source Type: podcasts

Art Caplan on Ethics and Clinical Trials, The Stem Cell Debate, and More
Internationally renowned bioethicist Arthur L. Caplan, PhD, talks with Eli Y. Adashi, MD, about the ethics of clinical trials overseas and other hot button issues of debate in medicine. (Source: Medscape ObGyn Podcast)
Source: Medscape ObGyn Podcast - May 5, 2011 Category: OBGYN Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts

Listen to The Lancet: 1 April
Sharmila Devi discusses the ethical implications that social media is having in the medical community. (Source: Listen to The Lancet)
Source: Listen to The Lancet - April 1, 2011 Category: Journals (General) Authors: The Lancet Source Type: podcasts

Stop Hounding Patients to Give Up Their Privacy
Many people think that privacy of medical treatment should not apply to everyone. An ethics expert tells why privacy protects all of society. (Source: Medscape Nurses Podcast)
Source: Medscape Nurses Podcast - February 3, 2011 Category: Nursing Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts

Aging Across America Goes to San Antonio
My new photo exhibit, Aging Across America, will make its debut at the Center for Medical Humanities and Ethics at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio in February 2011. Directed by Ruth Bergrren MD whose background is Internal Medicine and Infectious Disease, the Center hosts special events throughout the year that [...] (Source: Jeffrey M. Levine MD | Geriatric Specialist | Wound Care | Pressure Ulcers)
Source: Jeffrey M. Levine MD | Geriatric Specialist | Wound Care | Pressure Ulcers - January 23, 2011 Category: Internists and Doctors of Medicine Authors: JM Levine MD Tags: An Aging World Art and Medicine Geriatric Medicine Source Type: podcasts

EHRs Create Startling New Moral Quandaries
As more physicians use EHRs, more ethical issues arise, including patient privacy issues. Also, is it unethical not to use computer technology? (Source: Medscape Family Medicine Podcast)
Source: Medscape Family Medicine Podcast - December 15, 2010 Category: Primary Care Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts

Watch Out! New Problems Coming Your Way
In the next 5 years, new ethical dilemmas will confront doctors. Dr. Arthur Caplan describes these upcoming issues. (Source: Medscape Family Medicine Podcast)
Source: Medscape Family Medicine Podcast - December 7, 2010 Category: Primary Care Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts

End-of-Life Ethics: Family Members, Conflict, and Politics
Physicians often deal with end-of-life conflicts that involve the patient, the family members, and politics. There are certain key principles to keep in mind. (Source: Medscape Internal Medicine Podcast)
Source: Medscape Internal Medicine Podcast - November 16, 2010 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts

TWiV #91 - You're an ERVous wreck
On episode #91 of the podcast This Week in Virology, Vincent, Dickson, Alan, Rich and Welkin discuss the nature, origin, and evolution of endogenous retroviruses (ERVs), and the recent finding of endogenous filovirus genomes in mammals. Host links Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Welkin Johnson Links for this episode: Welkin blogs at Small Things Considered Constructing primate phylogenies from ancient retrovirus sequences (PNAS) Filoviruses are ancient and integrated into mammalian genomes (BMC Evol Biol) Synthetic cells:...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - July 18, 2010 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts

Six world hypotheses or how we explain eyerything and anything
Michael Jackson via last.fm I recently came across this blog post by Christopher Peterson and was immediately drawn into the work of Stephen Pepper and using Google books access tried to read as much as I could of his print-on-demand book ‘World Hypotheses‘. It is a philosophical work of how people reason about their world and ‘carve nature at the joints’ but despite being a philosophical work and thus being dense and obtuse to a degree, it is surprisingly lucidly written and in my opinion is an important work that needs to be highlighted. As per Pepper, we have four valid and mature world hypoth...
Source: The Mouse Trap - July 15, 2010 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: sandygautam Tags: stages Causality Contextualism Organicism Philosophy Stephen Pepper World Hypotheses Source Type: podcasts

Is Mandatory Biopsy in Clinical Trials Justifiable?
Dr. Kathy Miller weighs the ethical concerns about requiring biopsies to participate in breast cancer clinical trials against the critical gains in therapeutic efficacy those biopsies permit. (Source: Medscape Oncology)
Source: Medscape Oncology - July 13, 2010 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts

Johnson & Johnson MD&D Business Review : Ethicon
(Source: Johnson and Johnson Podcasts)
Source: Johnson and Johnson Podcasts - June 3, 2010 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: podcasts

Johnson & Johnson MD&D Business Review : Ethicon Endo Surgery
(Source: Johnson and Johnson Podcasts)
Source: Johnson and Johnson Podcasts - June 3, 2010 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: podcasts

ANN Weekly Podcast - Friday, May 14, 2010
This week's audio news summary features a study that shows direct patient care is only a small part of a primary care physician's day; a report about the ethical conflicts some primary care physicians experience when they practice in religiously affiliated hospitals; recommendations from the CDC regarding measles, mumps, rubella and varicella vaccine; and an announcement from the FDA about a new program aimed at cracking down on misleading or inaccurate prescription drug promotions. (Source: AAFP Podcasts: AAFP News Now)
Source: AAFP Podcasts: AAFP News Now - May 14, 2010 Category: Practice Management Authors: American Academy of Family Physicians Source Type: podcasts

TWiV #79 - Red hot chili viruses
On episode #79 of the podcast This Week in Virology, Vincent and Alan converse about making published science accessible to everyone, global eradication of poliomyelitis, and whether a plant virus can cause disease in humans. Host links Vincent Racaniello and Alan Dove Links for this episode: Making published science accessible to everyone (Nature News) Federal Research Public Access Act Is disease eradication a waste of money? Do we have an ethical obligation to eradicate polio? Signs of progress in polio eradication (NY Times) Polio eradication: Har...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - April 25, 2010 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts

Perry’s stages of intellectual and ethical devlopement
Image via Wikipedia In one of the recent posts we saw that Averill believed that ethics or moral domain in psychology can be derived from focusing on emotions, will, motivation , ethics and virtue; while the mental domain in psychology and philosophy evolved by studies of epistemology. Today I wish to focus on one way of how we come to know i.e. a theory of epistemology and how a staged theory for the same has been proposed by Perry in a student education domain. To quote from wikipedia: The Perry scheme is a model for understanding how college students “come to know, the theories and beliefs they hold about knowing, ...
Source: The Mouse Trap - March 30, 2010 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: sandygautam Tags: stages Epistemology knowledge perspective Philosophy Source Type: podcasts

The factor structure of virtues and perosnality: a continuing mess
Image via Wikipedia Continuing my theme of focusing on human character strengths and virtues and relating them to personality, I have been doing more reading of the literature and want to discuss three papers today. First up is Shyrack et al’s recent paper that again explores the factor structure of VIA-IS and finds support for a 3 or 4 factor solution. They discuss the various conflicting/mutually supporting factor analytical results and the resulting 4 or 5 underlying components or factors. the VIA-youth scale consistently gives 4 factors while the VIA-Is (adult form) gives 5 factors. However, I have issues wi...
Source: The Mouse Trap - March 27, 2010 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: sandygautam Tags: moral sense personality stages Cognitive development Ethics Factor analysis Morality Source Type: podcasts

Character strengths and virtues: a 5/8 factor structure?
Image via Wikipedia Positive psychology is based on the premise that it is equally important to study what is good in life as it is to study what goes wrong. Positive psychology thus focuses on building and capitalizing on existing strengths of people while not focusing too much on their weaknesses, which has been focus of the traditional pathological view of humans. Martin Seligman, the founding father of positive psychology, and Christopher Peterson, accordingly, have developed a Values In Action (VIA)-character strengths inventory and classification scheme to measure and classify the virtues or character strengths in...
Source: The Mouse Trap - March 26, 2010 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: sandygautam Tags: personality stages character strengths Positive psychology virtues Source Type: podcasts

Ethics Rounds: Navigating Mismatches in Patient Preference and Staff Expertise
Enhanced Audio PodcastPresented by: John Lantos, MDAired date: 2/3/2010 12:00:00 PM Eastern Time (Source: Videocast Podcasts)
Source: Videocast Podcasts - February 3, 2010 Category: Journals (General) Authors: National Institutes of Health Tags: Health Source Type: podcasts

Ethics Rounds: Navigating Mismatches in Patient Preference and Staff Expertise
Enhanced Video PodcastPresented by: John Lantos, MDAired date: 2/3/2010 12:00:00 PM Eastern Time (Source: Videocast Podcasts)
Source: Videocast Podcasts - February 3, 2010 Category: Journals (General) Authors: National Institutes of Health Tags: Health Source Type: podcasts

Ethical Issues in International Research - 2009 (Session 7)
Enhanced Audio PodcastPresented by: Alan Wertheimer, Joe Millum and Seema ShahAired date: 11/4/2009 8:30:00 AM Eastern Time (Source: Videocast Podcasts)
Source: Videocast Podcasts - November 4, 2009 Category: Journals (General) Authors: National Institutes of Health Tags: Health Source Type: podcasts

Ethical Issues in International Research - 2009 (Session 7)
Enhanced Video PodcastPresented by: Alan Wertheimer, Joe Millum and Seema ShahAired date: 11/4/2009 8:30:00 AM Eastern Time (Source: Videocast Podcasts)
Source: Videocast Podcasts - November 4, 2009 Category: Journals (General) Authors: National Institutes of Health Tags: Health Source Type: podcasts

Gaps (and Gasps!) in Medical-Ethical Reasoning: From Ethical Theory to Medical Practice
Enhanced Video PodcastPresented by: Heidi Malm, Ph.D., Loyola University ChicagoAired date: 10/29/2009 2:30:00 PM Eastern Time (Source: Videocast Podcasts)
Source: Videocast Podcasts - October 29, 2009 Category: Journals (General) Authors: National Institutes of Health Tags: Health Source Type: podcasts

Gaps (and Gasps!) in Medical-Ethical Reasoning: From Ethical Theory to Medical Practice
Enhanced Audio PodcastPresented by: Heidi Malm, Ph.D., Loyola University ChicagoAired date: 10/29/2009 2:30:00 PM Eastern Time (Source: Videocast Podcasts)
Source: Videocast Podcasts - October 29, 2009 Category: Journals (General) Authors: National Institutes of Health Tags: Health Source Type: podcasts

Ethical Issues in Research with Children & Research Involving Persons at Risk for Impaired Decision (Session 4)
Enhanced Video PodcastPresented by: Robert Nelson, Don Rosenstein and Christine GradyAired date: 10/14/2009 8:30:00 AM Eastern Time (Source: Videocast Podcasts)
Source: Videocast Podcasts - October 21, 2009 Category: Journals (General) Authors: National Institutes of Health Tags: Health Source Type: podcasts

Ethical Issues in Research with Children & Research Involving Persons at Risk for Impaired Decision (Session 4)
Enhanced Audio PodcastPresented by: Robert Nelson, Don Rosenstein and Christine GradyAired date: 10/14/2009 8:30:00 AM Eastern Time (Source: Videocast Podcasts)
Source: Videocast Podcasts - October 21, 2009 Category: Journals (General) Authors: National Institutes of Health Tags: Health Source Type: podcasts

History, Guidance, and Framework for Ethical Clinical Research - 2009 (Session 1)
Enhanced Video PodcastPresented by: Ezekiel Emanuel, Susan E. Lederer, Jerry Menikoff and Christine GradyAired date: 9/23/2009 8:30:00 AM Eastern Time (Source: Videocast Podcasts)
Source: Videocast Podcasts - September 23, 2009 Category: Journals (General) Authors: National Institutes of Health Tags: Health Source Type: podcasts

History, Guidance, and Framework for Ethical Clinical Research - 2009 (Session 1)
Enhanced Audio PodcastPresented by: Ezekiel Emanuel, Susan E. Lederer, Jerry Menikoff and Christine GradyAired date: 9/23/2009 8:30:00 AM Eastern Time (Source: Videocast Podcasts)
Source: Videocast Podcasts - September 23, 2009 Category: Journals (General) Authors: National Institutes of Health Tags: Health Source Type: podcasts

ANN Weekly Podcast - Friday, June 19, 2009
This week's audio news summary features a story about President Obama's appearance at the annual meeting of the AMA House of Delegates; coverage of AMA delegates' consideration of a Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs report dealing with commercial support of CME activities; an advisory from the FDA warning consumers to stop using ZICAM intranasal products; a notice about FDA's approval of the first injectable form of ibuprofen; and an announcement from CMS that additional physicians could qualify for 2007 PQRI bonuses. (Source: AAFP Podcasts: AAFP News Now)
Source: AAFP Podcasts: AAFP News Now - June 19, 2009 Category: Practice Management Authors: American Academy of Family Physicians Source Type: podcasts

Lifting the Veil: Technology, Policy, Law and the Ethics of Cyberattack
The United States is increasingly dependent on information and information technology for both civilian and military purposes, as are many other nations. Although there is a substantial literature on the potential impact of a cyberattack on the societal infrastructure of the United States, little has been written about the use of cyberattack as an instrument of U.S. policy. In this podcast, cyberattacks- -actions intended to damage or adversary computer systems or networks-- are looked at from a variety of angles. (Source: The Sounds of Science from the National Academies)
Source: The Sounds of Science from the National Academies - June 5, 2009 Category: Science Authors: The National Academies Source Type: podcasts

June 2012
ARTICLES DISCUSSED: The Lazarus syndrome: the ethics of evidence-based versus experience-based medicine. Radiology 2012;263(3):629-632, Brown fat at PET/CT: correlation with patient characteristics. Radiology 2012;263(3):836-842. (Source: Radiology Podcasts)
Source: Radiology Podcasts - May 28, 2009 Category: Radiology Authors: webmaster at rsna.org Tags: Podcasts Source Type: podcasts

Major conscious and unconscious processes in the brain: part 5: Physical substrates of A-cosnciousness
This is the fifth post in my ongoing series on major conscious and unconscious processes in the brain. For earlier parts, click here. Today , I would like to point to a few physical models and theories of consciousness that have been proposed that show that consciousness still resides in the brain, although the neural/ supportive processes may be more esoteric. I should forewarn before hand that all the theories involve advanced understanding of brains/ physics/ biochemistry etc and that I do not feel qualified enough to understand/ explain all the different theories in their entirety (or even have a surface...
Source: The Mouse Trap - May 26, 2009 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Sandy G Source Type: podcasts