Category Archives: Miscellaneous
Abortion Rights Under Fire
On the surface, the notion of “letting voters decide” on a state by state basis whether abortion ought to be legal might seem to make sense, but given the dramatic lengths that states like Texas (where I now live) and … Continue reading
The case for decriminalizing the street sale of buprenorphine
I am super proud of this piece with Harvard medical students Anand Chukka and John Messinger in which we make the case that buprenorphine street sales ought to be decriminalized. The US is overdue for creating sane policies to deal … Continue reading
Ethical Issues in Medicine: A Discussion with the Premed Scene
Interesting discussion about the path I took to end up in medicine as well as some basic issues in medical ethics. You can hear the podcast here.
Book Review of Social (In)Justice and Mental Health by Ruth Shim and Sarah Vinson with my co-author Candy Smith, PhD
My colleague at Baylor College of Medicine Candy Smith and I co-authored a book review of Social (In)Justice and Mental Health by psychiatrists Ruth Shim and Sarah Vinson for the Journal of Psychiatric Practice. You can find the first page … Continue reading
Programs to Help Doctors Are Rife With Problems
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/almost-addicted/202108/programs-help-doctors-are-rife-problems
Story about Physician Health Programs
https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local/doctors-fear-controversial-program-made-to-help-them/63-ac167fca-a312-4464-a315-de5ba712698f?ref=exit-recirc
Questions for COVID deniers
Do you wear seatbelts? If so, why? Do you want your surgeon to wear a mask when you get your hip replaced? If so , why or why not? Do germs exist? If germs actually exist, who would know the … Continue reading
The Emotional Life of Donor Conceived People
Here is a nice Q and A discussing some of the findings of our study of donor conceived individuals in Severance: On the Aftermath of Separation. For a sample, I’ve copied one of the questions below, along with my answer: … Continue reading
The Potential Dangers of Testing Your Own DNA
I was lucky to meet Dani Shapiro through HMS Bioethics when she came to speak in a class I taught there about her book Inheritance. That meeting ultimately resulted in Josh North, Rennie Burke, Yvette Ollada, Gali Katznelson and I … Continue reading
Doctors in India Need Human Rights Training to Advocate for Prison Reform
Delighted that the work that co-authors Shivam Singh and Farhad Udwadia and I did examining how much medical students in India are taught about human rights and conditions inside their own prisons. Our paper can be found here in the … Continue reading