Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy

Medical Ethics Student Publications

Master
Content
Student NameCenter
Faculty Mentor
Paper TitlePublicationAffiliation
Emile I GleesonChristi Guerrini, J.D., M.P.H.A consequentialist ethical analysis of federal funding of elective abortionsBioethicsBCM Ethics Pathway
Brittany BryantJanet Malek, Ph.D."You can't make me!" Managing adolescent dissent to anesthesiaPaediatr AnaesthBCM Ethics Pathway
Rohit GuptaStephanie Morain, Ph.D., M.P.H.Ethical allocation of future COVID-19 vaccinesJ Med Ethics 
Richa LavingiaStephanie Morain, Ph.D., M.P.H.Emergency-Only Hemodialysis Policies: Ethical Critique and Avenues for ReformJ Law Med EthicsMedical Ethics and Health Policy Pathways
Julie DorlandStephanie Morain, Ph.D., M.P.H.From Cervical Cap to Mobile App: Examining the Potential Reproductive Health Impacts of New TechnologiesHealth Promot PractMedical Ethics and Health Policy Pathways
Caitlin Cardenas- ComfortMary MajumderLaws About Transparent School Vaccination Reporting: Public Health Context and EthicsAm J Public HealthBCM Ethics Pathway
Suchi AgrawalStephanie Morain, Ph.D., M.P.H.Who calls the shots? The ethics of adolescent self- consent for HPV vaccinationBMJ Journal of Medical EthicsBCM Ethics Pathway
Cody Brannan/Alexandra
L. Foulkes
Gabriel Lázaro- Muñoz, PH.D., J.D., M.B.E.Preventing discrimination based on psychiatric risk biomarkersAmerican Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric GeneticsRice University/University of Houston Law Center
Julika Kaplan, M.D.Jennifer Blumenthal- Barby, Ph.D.An investigation of the relationship between autonomy, childbirth practices, and obstetric fistula among women in rural Lilongwe District, MalawiBMC
International Health and Human Rights
BCM Ethics Pathway
Ankita Patro, M.D.Christi Guerrini, J.D., M.P.H.The Patient Who Continues to Smoke On-Treatment: An Ethical DilemmaOtolaryngology - Head and Neck SurgeryBCM Ethics Pathway
Ang "Tony" XuStephanie Morain, Ph.D., M.P.H.Delay in State Adoption of Newborn Screening TestsPediatricsBCM Ethics Pathway
Danielle Clark, M.D.Amy McGuire, J.D., Ph.D.HEADS 4: Social Media Screening in Adolescent Primary CarePediatricsBCM Ethics Pathway
Kershena Liao, M.D.Jennifer Blumenthal- Barby, Ph.D.Factors Influencing Head and Neck Surgical Oncologists' Transition from Curative to Palliative Treatment GoalsOtolaryngology - Head and Neck SurgeryBCM Ethics Pathway
Emily StathamAmy McGuire, J.D., Ph.D.Agents of empathy: How medical interpreters bridge sociocultural gaps in genomic sequencing disclosures with Spanish-speaking familiesPersonalized Medicine 
Grace Johnson, M.D.Janet Malek, Ph.D.Should Providers Discuss Breastfeeding With Women Living With HIV in High-Income Countries? An Ethical AnalysisClinical Infectious DiseasesBCM Ethics Pathway
Benjamin S. Farnia, M.D.Mary Majumder, J.D., Ph.D.Ethical analysis as a tool for addressing treatment controversies: radiotherapy timing in children with orbital rhabdomyosarcoma as a case exampleJournal of the American College of RadiologyBCM Ethics Pathway
Thomas CarrollAmy McGuire, J.D., Ph.D.Participants and Study Decliners' Perspectives About the Risks of Participating in a Clinical Trial of Whole Genome SequencingJournal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics 
Tiana Won, M.D.Jennifer Blumenthal- Barby, Ph.D.Paid protection? Ethics of incentivised long- acting reversible contraception in adolescents with alcohol and other drug useBMJ Journal of Medical EthicsBCM Ethics Pathway
Nico W. Cortes- Penfield, M.D.Jennifer Blumenthal- Barby, Ph.D.Mandatory influenza vaccination for health care workers as the new standard of care: a matter of patient safety and nonmaleficent practiceAmerican Journal of Public Health

 

BCM Ethics Pathway

Elliott Richards, M.D.Amy McGuire, J.D., Ph.D.Pregnant patients' risk perception of prenatal test results with uncertain fetal clinical significance: ultrasound versus advanced genetic testingPrenatal DiagnosisBCM Ethics Pathway
Jennifer A. Braverman, M.D.Jennifer Blumenthal- Barby, Ph.D.Assessment of the sunk-cost effect in clinical decision- makingSocial Science & MedicineBCM Ethics Pathway
Aaron L. Cardon, M.D.Jennifer Blumenthal- Barby, Ph.D.Should Repugnance Give Us Pause? On the Neuroscience of Daily Moral ReasoningAJOB
Neuroscience
BCM Ethics Pathway
Karmen Slabic Klanac, P.A.Amy McGuire, J.D., Ph.D. Journal of Physician Assistant EducationBaylor College of Medicine
Eric Lee-Kuo Chwang, M.D.Richard Sharp, Ph.D.Views regarding the training of ethics consultants: a survey of physicians caring for patients in ICUJournal of Medical EthicsBCM Ethics Pathway
April Y. Maa, M.D.Larry McCullough, Ph.D.Medical education in the public versus the private setting: a qualitative study of medical students' attitudesMedical TeacherBCM Ethics Pathway
Mauricio A. Escobar, M.D.Larry McCullough, Ph.D.Responsibly managing ethical challenges of residency training: a guide for surgery residents, educators, and residency program leadersJournal of the American College of SurgeonsBCM Ethics Pathway
Misha F. Haque, M.D.Baruch Brody, Ph.D.The Prevalence of Female Genital OperationsThe Journal of Texas MedicineBCM Ethics Pathway
Wilbur A. Lam, M.D.Larry McCullough, Ph.D.Influence of religious and spiritual values on the willingness of Chinese-Americans to donate organs for transplantationClinical TransplantationBCM Ethics Pathway
Anna L. Grimes, M.D.Larry McCullough, Ph.D.Informed consent and neuroanatomic correlates of intentionality and voluntariness among psychiatric patientsPsychiatric ServicesBCM Ethics Pathway
Linda Workman, M.D.Larry McCullough, Ph.D.Qualitative analysis of value judgments in interpreting cervicovaginal smears using the Bethesda systemArchives of Pathology & Laboratory MedicineBCM Ethics Pathway
Sanjay J. Mathew, M.D.Larry McCullough, Ph.D.Attitudes toward neurosurgical procedures for Parkinson's disease and obsessive- compulsive disorderThe Journal of Neuropsychiatry & Clinical NeuroscienceBCM Ethics Pathway