Joint Surgery – Bioethics Grand Rounds

Justin Clapp, PhD, MPH, is an Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care and Medical Ethics and Health Policy at the Perelman School of Medicine. He is also Associated Faculty in Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Clapp is a linguistic and medical anthropologist who uses qualitative methods and anthropological theory to examine issues in empirical bioethics, health care communication, and medical decision-making. His primary work examines patient care trajectories in the perioperative and critical care spaces, seeking to understand how diffuse chains of health care interactions lead to the pursuit of particular treatments.