BCM Ethics & Policy

@BCMEthics

The Center @bcmhouston is dedicated to encouraging critical reflection on ethical and policy challenges in healthcare and biomedical research.

Houston, Texas

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Joined May 2014

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Texas is a national bellwether for maternal health policy, yet its Maternal Mortality Review Committee has delayed and restricted data release since Dobbs. Dr. Fletcher and collaborators argue timely, transparent data is an ethical imperative. Read here:
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Post-Dobbs Realities: Ethical Imperatives for Data Transparency and Trust in Maternal Health Care |...
American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) from the American Public Health Association (APHA)
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Aug 12
When a hospital's billing practices harm patients, who's accountable and on what ethical grounds? Dr. Blumenthal-Barby coauthored a new paper laying conceptual groundwork for an ethics of healthcare organizations, not just individual clinicians Read here:
What Can We Ask of Hospitals? Conceptual Foundations for an Ethics of Healthcare Organizations
From tandfonline.com
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Aug 10
Nearly 5% of children develop a confirmed food allergy by age 6, and where they live matters. Dr. Anagnostou led a global meta-analysis of 2.8M participants identifying the key risk factors, including delayed introduction of allergenic foods. Read here:
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New research sheds light on why food allergies develop in children
New study found that nearly 5% of children develop a confirmed food allergy by age 6. But where a child lives appears to matter.
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Aug 7
Legal analysis is central to bioethics (the "L" in ELSI), yet legal research methods aren't always familiar to bioethics scholars. Prof. Guerrini coauthored a new paper unpacking how legal methodology strengthens interdisciplinary research. Read here:
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Putting the L in ELSI: legal methods for bioethics research
Abstract. Lawyers and law professors are increasingly involved in interdisciplinary scientific teams and grant research to answer ethical, legal and policy
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Aug 5
How can humanities research, grounded in ethics, history and patient narratives, shape trustworthy AI in health care? Explore CHHAIN, the new NEH-funded center jointly led by @RiceUniversity and our Center, now live online. Visit: chhain.rice.edu #HealthAI