Category Archives: Miscellaneous

Bioethics in the Margins Podcast

Covered our recent paper in the American Journal of Bioethics — Empirical. The podcast is here. Super proud of our work and that 4 of my co-authors on this important paper are former students of mine.

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Our Paper was Covered in the National Review

It’s critical of our findings–but not our methodology–and I’m fully supportive of vigorous debate. What an honor! https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/bioethics-is-becoming-just-another-social-justice-political-movement

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Survey of North American Bioethicists’ Attitudes toward Social justice published in AJOB Empirical

Social Justice for Bioethicists This is a big piece that will have legs. Kudos to my 4 former students who are co-authors!

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Have a Little Faith in Me

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Reposting from the Guardian: “I’m a pediatrician in Texas. Things are dire and we need your support – not your condescension” by Seema Jilani

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/28/texas-pediatrician-support-healthcare

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How we Think about Stories of Illness, How we Describe it, and Whose Description “Counts”

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Impact of State Medical Licensure Exemptions and Telehealth Registries on College Students’ Access to Psychiatric Care

Super proud that Rachel Conrad, colleagues and I just published this piece in the APA journal Psychiatric Services. You can find it here: https://psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.ps.20240225 The APA just issued this “Psychiatric News Alert” about our piece: Many psychiatrists in states with … Continue reading

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The Mental Health Struggles of Veterinary Technicians

The emotional struggles veterinary technicians face are often hidden https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/almost-addicted/202501/the-mental-health-struggles-of-veterinary-technicians

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STAT News: Medical schools need to offer students alternatives to state physician health programs

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AI: Physician Health Programs (PHPs) Frequently Refer MDs for Residential Treatment Placements even though those MDs don’t Warrant Residential Level of Care per American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) Criteria

Check out my AI search query and AI’s response below. Some of the points ChatGPT makes are damning of PHPs, to put it mildly. AI Query: Why do physician health programs send doctors to residential treatment program when those physicians … Continue reading

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