Health Ethics Podcast

Bryan Pilkington
Health Ethics Podcast

The Health Ethics Podcast (formerly The COVID Ethics Series Podcast) relies on the idea that challenging ethical issues are best addressed by many folks, from diverse backgrounds, practically reasoning together. Each week Professor Bryan Pilkington is joined by leading experts from medicine, nursing, and the health sciences, as well as political theorists, economists, ethicists, philosophers and lawyers for a conversation about ethical issues.

  1. DEC 2

    Am I My Students’ Nurse?

    In this episode, Dr. Bryan Pilkington talks to Dr. Paul Snelling, Principal Lecturer in Adult Nursing at University of Worcester, about his 2024 Nursing Ethics article, “Am I my students’ nurse? Reflections on the nursing ethics of nursing education,” which explores the student–nurse academic relationship vis-à-vis the patient–nurse relationship. Snelling P. Am I my students’ nurse? Reflections on the nursing ethics of nursing education. Nursing Ethics. 2024;31(1):52-64. doi:10.1177/09697330231193858

    32 min

  2. NOV 21

    A Matter of Trust (with Guest Dr. Thomas Nasca)

    In this episode, Dr. Bryan Pilkington talks to Dr. Thomas Nasca, ACGME President and Chief Executive Officer, about the crucial role of trust in medicine, emphasizing its importance in medical education, the physician-patient relationship, and addressing systemic issues in healthcare, such as burnout and moral distress. Without trust, the healthcare system risks failing both its providers and patients.

    42 min

  3. OCT 11

    The Bioethics of Environmental Injustice

    In this episode, Dr. Bryan Pilkington talks to Dr. Keisha Ray about her 2024 co-authored American Journal of Bioethics article, “The Bioethics of Environmental Injustice: Ethical, Legal, and Clinical Implications of Unhealthy Environments” and her book, Black Health: The Social, Political, and Cultural Determinants of Black People’s Health. Keisha Ray is an Associate Professor of bioethics and medical humanities at McGovern Medical School in Houston, Texas. Her research focuses on the socio-political determinants of Black people's health and exposing structural racism's effects on Black people's health and wellbeing.

    33 min

  4. JUL 23

    The Occasional Human Sacrifice: A Conversation with Carl Elliott

    In this episdoe, Bryan Pilkington, PhD speaks to Carl Elliott, MD, PhD, professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Minnesota. His latest book, The Occasional Human Sacrifice: Medical Experimentation and the Price of Saying No, is out now (W. W. Norton & Company, 2024). The Occassional Human Sacrifice details shocking cases of abusive medical research and the whistleblowers who spoke out against them, sometimes at the expense of their careers. Carl Elliott's website: https://www.carl-elliott.com/

    47 min

  5. JUL 12

    How Will This Benefit Patients? AI Integration into Clinical Decision Making

    In this episode, Dr. Bryan Pilkington speaks with Charles E. Binkley, MD. Charles Binkley is a liver and pancreas surgeon, bioethicist, Director of Bioethics at Hackensack Meridian Health, and Associate Professor of Surgery at Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine. His work focuses on the ethical use of AI to improve clinical decision making. He is the co-author of Encoding Bioethics: AI in Clinical Decision-Making (University of California Press, 2024) with Tyler Loftus.

    25 min

  6. JUN 17

    Spheres of Morality: The Ethical Codes of the Medical Profession

    In this episode, Dr. Bryan Pilkington speaks to Dr. Samuel Doernberg and Dr. Robert Truog about their recent paper in the American Journal of Bioethics entitled, "Spheres of Morality: The Ethical Codes of the Medical Profession."

    35 min

  7. JUN 3

    Academic Freedom in Medicine: Ethics and the Training of Sovereign Professionals

    In this episode, Dr. Bryan Pilkington speaks to Dr. David J. Skorton about academic freedom. David J. Skorton, MD, is president and CEO of the AAMC (Association of American Medical Colleges), a not-for-profit association that represents medical schools, teaching hospitals and health systems, and academic societies.

    37 min

  8. MAY 1

    Do healthcare institutions have a conscience?

    In this episode, Dr. Bryan Pilkington speaks to Dr. Jason Adam Wasserman about Institutional Conscience. His new article is: Wasserman JA, Brummett AL, Navin MC, Menkes DL. Conscientious Objection to Aggressive Interventions for Patients in a Vegetative State. Am J Bioeth. Published online November 30, 2023. doi:10.1080/15265161.2023.2280099. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38032547/ Dr. Wasserman is Professor of Foundational Medical Studies at Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, where he also holds an appointment in Pediatrics, is the course director for the Medical Humanities and Clinical Bioethics curriculum, serves as the Founding Director of the Center for Moral Values in Health and Medicine, the Director of the Holocaust and Medicine program, and as a clinical ethics consultant at Corewell Health William Beaumont University Hospital.  His first book, At Home on the Street (Lynne Rienner Publishers 2010) addressed the issue of homelessness, while his current scholarly work focuses on clinical bioethics and medicine and the Holocaust.  The second edition of his book Social and Behavioral Science for Health Professionals (with Brian Hinote) was published in 2020 by Rowman and Littlefield.  He has authored numerous articles in journals such as Social Science and Medicine, Qualitative Health Research, Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, American Journal of Bioethics, Hastings Center Report, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, Pediatrics, JAMA-Pediatrics, and The New England Journal of Medicine.

    38 min
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About

The Health Ethics Podcast (formerly The COVID Ethics Series Podcast) relies on the idea that challenging ethical issues are best addressed by many folks, from diverse backgrounds, practically reasoning together. Each week Professor Bryan Pilkington is joined by leading experts from medicine, nursing, and the health sciences, as well as political theorists, economists, ethicists, philosophers and lawyers for a conversation about ethical issues.

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  • Creator
    Bryan Pilkington
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2024
  • Episodes
    38
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Copyright Bryan Pilkington
  • Show Website
    Health Ethics Podcast

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