A blog of the Emory University Center for Ethics and the Healthcare Ethics Consortium

Considering a Role for Narrative in Palliative Care Research

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease that causes patients to progressively lose control of voluntary...

“Unrepresented Patients” and Vulnerability: Patients without Decision Makers

Among the most complex ethical decisions that clinical teams face are treatment decisions for “unrepresented patients.” These patients...

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