David N Hoffman

Lecturer in Bioethics

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@JonCampbellNY It’s about time the government gets out of the physician’s examination rooms and lets willing patient make their own decisions with the advice and support of willing doctors.

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'Special episode: The ethical debate over who can choose to die in Canada ' by Reuters World News https://t.co/YZbdtEslJp

There is a great deal we can learn from our family to the north.

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Breaking the silence: a doctor's plea for clarity in end-of-life care https://t.co/WWPccGZuvA via @kevinmd

There is a simple term for withholding medically indicated care that a patient seeks based solely on the patient's age. That term is malpractice. It is really simple.

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@cmorten2 You are doing better than me.

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‘We can’t even get basic care done’: what it’s like doing 12-hour shifts on an understaffed NHS ward https://t.co/lBDd5gqo2b

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via @NYTimes https://t.co/Klm7ANJNJZ

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The ethical question is this: who should decide how much hospital service a community needs, and can afford? Should the government take its finger off the scale? https://t.co/pZXo8bi3qe

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Doesn’t anyone remember Billy Boggs? Those who ignore history are fumed to repeat it. https://t.co/DKMsqKAhiF

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'S1E5 - The Ethical Dilemmas of the Not-So-Humble Machine' by Deus Et Machina https://t.co/qeYy3BrCKg

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'S1E4 - Medical Ethics: Decisions, Decisions, Decisions' by Deus Et Machina https://t.co/lCbNFEfMr2

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HCA Hospital Staff Shared Unauthorized Photos of Dying Patient on Social Media https://t.co/uYKLEZrv5F Some hospital lawyers may argue that the the hospitals's general consent allows de-identified photo's of patients allows their use. We need to do better.

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"Episode Five: Faith Sommerfield - Founder of the Completed Life Initiative" by The Completed Life Initiative via #spreaker https://t.co/iaM8BZ6RxN

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Spread of Catholic hospitals limits reproductive care across the U.S. https://t.co/uSmef8ekvY

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Just in time for the Monaco memo. It is long past time for US corporations to financially incentivize disclosure, rather than obfuscations. https://t.co/akuJ6EeBHy

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via @NYTimes. In this discussion, as in the debate over abortion rights, we, as a society, need to resolve a profound ethical question: how much authority do we want to give to government over our strictly personal medical decisions. https://t.co/q7Vv0u7n4a

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Is it organizational malpractice to discharge a patient who has been given a terminal diagnosis without a referral to an end of life Doula? https://t.co/IXOruJFRui

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via @NYTimes. Any conversation about personhood rights starts with a conversation about parenthood rights. With Fetus’s it’s no different. Parenthood should involve a gradual transfer of authority of authority from parent to child over the course of years. https://t.co/JXITDWLa9R

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via @NYTimes. This is a scary example of artificial intelligence decision substitution, rather than decision support for an actual human. Who should society hold liable for the damages AI can cause? https://t.co/uFXnXhErlR

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via @NYTimes
https://t.co/HxzxqyfyEX. The FBI must believe that Trump not only had classified documents at his home, but that he was withholding and concealing them. Otherwise no law enforcement agency would resort to a search warrant.

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via @NYTimes
https://t.co/l45mBjHqhb In this age of electronic medical records, all clinicians who interact with pregnant patients should consult with a healthcare lawyer and a clinical ethicist about what clinical documentation is necessary, in order to protect patient privacy