MSU Center for Bioethics and Social Justice

12/04/2023

11/30/2023

Michigan State University College of Human Medicine student Leslie Morgan is first author of the commentary “Examining right to try practices,” now available online in the Journal of Medical Ethics. Morgan worked with senior author Michelle T. Pham, PhD, assistant professor in the Center for Bioethics and Social Justice and the Department of Medicine.

In ‘Discrimination Against the Dying’, Phillip Reed argues that terminally ill patients are subjected to a distinct form of discrimination called ‘terminalism’. One of Reed’s primary examples of terminalism is right to try laws, which offer terminally ill patients the option to request med...

11/28/2023

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11/20/2023

Sean A. Valles' Your Health Lecture on "Housing as a Basic Health Need" is available to watch on YouTube courtesy of Michigan State University College of Human Medicine.

"Housing As a Basic Health Need: Lessons from the Pandemic" with Sean Valles, PhD, part of Your Health Lecture Series on November 2, 2023.

11/17/2023

The recording of this week's Bioethics Public Seminar from Michelle T. Pham, PhD, is now available on our website with closed captions. Pham reports on what clinicians think about using deep brain stimulation to treat obsessive-compulsive disorder in pediatric patients.

View the recorded webinar "Clinician Perspectives on Levels of Evidence and Oversight for Deep Brain Stimulation for Treatment-Resistant Childhood OCD."

11/14/2023

Leonard M. Fleck's Your Health Lecture on "Precision Medicine and Distributive Justice: Are Some Lives Priceless?" is available to watch on YouTube courtesy of the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine.

As part of the Your Health Lecture Series, join Leonard Fleck, PhD, for an enlightening conversation about the ethical challenges facing precision medicine. ...

11/09/2023

Leonard M. Fleck, PhD, has a new article available from Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics.
Fleck writes: "Medical education cannot resolve either the legal or ethical issues regarding abortion. However, medical education must prepare future physicians for caring for patients seeking abortion-related services. Physicians must be prepared to interact appropriately (sensitively and with integrity) with patients or colleagues whose views on abortion differ significantly from their own." https://doi.org/10.1017/S0963180123000178

11/08/2023

What do clinicians think about using deep brain stimulation to treat obsessive-compulsive disorder in pediatric patients? Join our webinar next week on November 15 to learn more from Michelle T. Pham, PhD. Registration is open to all individuals.

We look forward to presenting a webinar next month from Center Assistant Professor Michelle T. Pham, PhD, on “Clinician Perspectives on Levels of Evidence and Oversight for Deep Brain Stimula…

11/07/2023

Our November 2023 newsletter is now available:
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11/01/2023

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MSU College of Human Medicine is thrilled to announce the addition of six new departments: dermatology, otolaryngology, pathology, radiation oncology, urology, and neurosurgery. These departments are being developed as part of the Henry Ford Health + Michigan State University Health Sciences partnership.

Learn more: https://humanmedicine.msu.edu/news/2023-bot-approves-new-departments.html

10/30/2023

Michelle T. Pham, PhD, is one of eight MSU faculty and academic staff selected for the Community-Engaged Research Fellows Program, which offers the opportunity to strengthen community-engaged research (CER) skills, develop CER projects in partnership with communities, and produce scholarly products. Learn more in the attached news release from MSU University Outreach and Engagement.

University Outreach and Engagement is a campus-wide central resource that assists MSU academic units construct more effective engagement with communities.