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Study finds women want more information from religious hospitals on their reproductive care restrictions

October 1, 2020 sarah Jonas Bioethics, Birth Control, c-section, Contraception, MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, Obstetrics And Gynecology, Sterilization, University of Chicago Medicine, Women's Health

Religious hospital policies that restrict reproductive health care are poorly understood by patients, according to new bioethics research from UChicago Medicine.

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Health, Bioethics Experts and Advocates Publish Guidance for Research on HIV, Co-infections in Pregnancy

July 10, 2020 sarah Jonas Bioethics, HIV, Pregnancy, Research

The PHASES Working Group, co-led by researchers at UNC-Chapel Hill, Georgetown, and Johns Hopkins, launched ethics guidance at hivpregnancyethics.org, in a project dedicated to ending the evidence gap for pregnant women around HIV and co-infections.

Research Results

As hospitals walk the tightrope of patient data-sharing, one system offers a new balance

May 28, 2020 sarah Jonas Big Data, Bioethics, Data Access, Medical Ethics, Technology Transfer

Every major medical center in America sits on a gold mine of patient data that could be worth millions of dollars to companies that could use it to develop new treatments and technologies. A new framework could help them do so more responsibly, going beyond the minimum legal requirements and respecting patients by giving them more say in how their individual data may be used.

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The Ethics of COVID-19

May 1, 2020 sarah Jonas Bioethics, Medical Ethics

As some governors are moving to ease COVID-19 restrictions, the virus is causing patients, medical professionals and community members to face unprecedented ethical dilemmas in their day-to-day lives and careers. “As social animals who live in community, this pandemic has made us unable to ignore the issue, and significance of, social obligation,” says Stuart Finder, PhD, MA, director of the Center for Healthcare Ethics at Cedars-Sinai.

Expert Pitch

Rutgers Expert Available to Speak About the Ethics Behind Developing a COVID-19 Treatment and Vaccine

April 20, 2020 sarah Jonas Bioethics, COVID-19 pandemic, COVID-19 treatment

During public heath emergencies – like the COVID-19 pandemic – when no known preventive or effective treatment exists, researchers want

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DePaul University experts available to discuss recovery, life after the COVID-19 pandemic

April 16, 2020 sarah Jonas Affordable Care Act, Bioethics, Conspiracy Theories, corona virus, Coronavirus, coronavirus pandemic, covid, covid 19, covid 19 economy, COVID-19 pandemic, economic inequality, Federal Reserve, HOMELESSNESS, Hospitality, Leadership, novel coronavirus, Obamacare, Pandemic, Public Health, public transit, Racial Inequalities, Recovery, Tourism, Vaccines, VIROLOGY, Virus, White Nationalism, Work-Life Balance, working from home, working parents

Recovery. Reentry. Reopen. Return. A new normal. Faculty experts at DePaul University are available for news media interviews about what comes next — after the COVID-19 pandemic. Does the world return to normal or will there be fundamental changes to how we live our lives, work, and travel; and how we are governed?