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. APR 2

    Neurodiversity: What it is and What Happens Now

    In this episode, Dr. Bryan Pilkington speaks with Nanette Elster, JD, MPH and Kayhan Parsi, JD, PhD about the need for both legal and societal frameworks to ensure the rights and well-being of neurodivergent individuals.

    37 min

  2. FEB 21

    The Ongoing U.S. Struggle with Maternal Mortality

    In this episode, Dr. Bryan Pilkington talks to Dr. James O’Brien about his co-authored article in American Journal of Perinatology. O'Brien JA, Lewkowitz AK, Main EK, Adashi EY. The Ongoing U.S. Struggle with Maternal Mortality. Am J Perinatol. Published online October 10, 2024. doi:10.1055/a-2404-8035

    37 min

  3. JAN 28

    Care of the Whole Person: The role of Hospital Chaplains

    In this episode, Dr. Bryan Pilkington talks to Dr. Robert Klitzman  about his book, Doctor, Will You Pray for Me?: Medicine, Chaplains, and Healing the Whole Person.  Robert Klitzman, MD, is a Professor of Psychiatry in the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and the Joseph Mailman School of Public Health, and the Director of the Masters of Bioethics Program at Columbia University. He has authored or co-authored over 180 scientific articles, and nine books, including When Doctors Become Parents, and has received several awards, including fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation. He is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and has been a member of the Empire State Stem Cell Commission, and the Research Ethics Advisory Panel of the U.S. Department of Defense.

    42 min

  4. 12/02/2024

    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

  5. 11/21/2024

    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

  6. 10/11/2024

    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

  7. 07/23/2024

    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

  8. 07/12/2024

    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
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    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 - 2025
    • Episodes
      41
    • Rating
      Clean
    • Copyright
      © Copyright Bryan Pilkington
    • Show Website
      Health Ethics Podcast

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