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Elaine Hsieh, Ph.D., J.D. Communicating Across Cultures: Why Our Traditional Approaches May Fail to Inform and Empower Patients
Elaine Hsieh, Ph.D., J.D. Communicating Across Cultures: Why Our Traditional Approaches May Fail to Inform and Empower Patients
In 1978, psychologists Pauline Rose Clance and Suzanne Imes published a paper about highly successful and well-educated women who considered themselves “imposters.” The women whom the psychologists spoke to believed that they weren’t intelligent and didn’t deserve their high-ranking roles and that anyone who said otherwise had been fooled.
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — Doctors who care for pregnant women say abortion laws are already impacting patients and physicians. Some worry that if stricter laws go into effect in North Carolina, fewer top-quality doctors will choose to practice in the state.
The Hastings Center is pleased to announce the election of the 2023 fellows. Hastings Center fellows are a group of more than 200 individuals of outstanding accomplishment whose work has informed scholarship and public understanding of complex ethical issues in health, health care, science, and technology. The latest fellows focus on a broad range of topics with … Read more
The 10th Biennial Conference of the Society for Humanities, Social Science, and Medicine ADVOCACY AND ACCOUNTABILITY: NAVIGATING THE BOUNDARIES OF MODERN MEDICINE April 13th & 14th, 2024, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The National Conference for Physician-Scholars in the Social Sciences and Humanities was founded in 2005 by a group of MD-PhD … Read more
When women with chronic diseases, such as epilepsy, diabetes or lupus, decide to start or grow a family, they may face anxieties and decisions far beyond what others experience during these stages of life. Too often these women must weigh their own health, their pregnancy, or the health of their baby against the management of … Read more
Emma Hergenrother and Emma Kaplan have been selected as the new student leaders for the School of Medicine’s Clinical Ethics Discussion Group This position also entails appointment to the UNC Hospital Ethics Committee. Outgoing leaders are Mary Kaufman and Kelsey Rich. Center for Bioethics faculty members Arlene Davis and Jean Cadigan are advisors to the student group. Professors Davis and … Read more
This Tar Heal Tuesday, we invite you to be a vital part of supporting the UNC Center for Bioethics in its mission to promote ethical practices in research and health care. Your contribution will directly impact the research initiatives, educational programs, and expert consultations that help our constituents address complex ethical challenges. For Tar Heal … Read more
AVAC’s latest Px Pulse podcast episode, Pregnant and Lactating People in HIV Research: What you need to know, will be released on Monday, November 6. Featuring Dr. Anne Drapkin Lyerly of UNC Center for Bioethics and PHASES Project, Dr. Ashley Lima of USAID Office of HIV/AIDS Research Division, and Dr. Takunda Sola of Zimbabwe MoH … Read more
This collection of oral histories takes one step – of many possible – to address this question. The 1960s and 1970s were pivotal decades during which the number of underrepresented minority medical students increased significantly from about 1% to about 16% in 1976, mirroring national trends, through recruitment efforts and the support students received from … Read more