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Pediatric Ethics Podcast

44 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 months ago -

Pediatric Ethics Podcast is a monthly podcast from the Children’s Mercy Bioethics Center in Kansas City. This free podcast series for pediatric health care professionals features leading pediatric ethicists discussing timely topics in pediatric ethics.

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Episodes

Bridging Complex Clinician-Patient Dynamics Arising in Neonatal ICU Care in Ethiopia

May 21, 2024 06:00 - 65.2 MB

In this episode, Redeat Workneh leads a discussion focusing on navigating barriers between clinicians and patients in Ethiopia.

Medical Improv and its Potential in Teaching Skills Related to Bioethics

April 17, 2024 06:00 - 68.2 MB

In this episode, Dr. Tanya Arora leads a discussion focusing on medical improv.

Developing a Community-Led Rare Disease ELSI Research Agenda

February 13, 2024 07:00 - 21.9 MB

In this episode, Dr. Jeremy Garrett is joined by Courtney Berrios and Kimberly Freeman. They will be discussing the topic of pediatric rare diseases and the development of a community-led research agenda for better understanding the needs and priorities of patients and families living with rare diseases. Click here to read Dr. Garrett's article focusing on Developing a community-led rare disease ELSI research agenda 

Ethics in Ethiopia: Navigating Challenges in Pediatric Clinical Care

December 04, 2023 07:00 - 12.5 MB

In this episode, Dr. Betty Kassa, who will lead a discussion focusing on international medical care, and what being a practicing pediatric intensivist is like in Ethiopia.

Disagreement and Ethical Decision Making in Pediatric Emergency Care

November 15, 2023 07:00 - 20.1 MB

In this episode, Dr. Ian Wolfe, editor-in-chief of the Journal of Pediatric Ethics, moderates a discussion with Drs. Joseph Shapiro and Jeremy Garrett breaking down their recent article on decision-making in Pediatric Emergency Care from the pages of the Fall issue of JPE.

Does Relational-Potential Carry Any Ethical Relevance in Pediatrics?

May 31, 2023 06:00 - 24.8 MB

In this episode, Dr. Ian Wolfe leads a discussion focusing on the concept of a child's relational potential and the role that this concept might play in certain pediatric cases.

Broadening the Definition of Moral Injury: Ethical Implications for Clinical Practice

May 04, 2023 06:00 - 38.9 MB

In this episode Dawn Hood-Patterson will talk with Joshua Morris, MDiv, PhD, BCC about moral injury. Dr. Morris will expand the definition of moral injury, once reserved for use with military personnel and service members, into healthcare and clinical settings. Dr. Morris will highlight way in which moral injury nuances our understanding of traumatic experiences. He will help us, fellow clinicians and the larger public, better honor the experience of those encountering moral injurious events.

The Ethics of Corpse Care

March 31, 2023 05:00 - 40.6 MB

Rev. Cody Sanders, PhD will delineate what providers and ethicists can learn about life and relationships from tending the corpse. Death is an unavoidable part of the human experience and Dr. Sanders will describe what professionals should consider when caring for the bodies of the dead and dying.

Considering the Ethical Roles We Play as Clinicians and Parents

March 07, 2023 06:00 - 58.8 MB

In this episode, Dr. Bryanna Moore and Dr. DeeJo Miller lead an interactive discussion focusing on  Bryanna Moore's recent published article, "Exploring the Ethics of the Parental Role in Parent-Clinician Conflict"

Hope and Spirituality in Bioethics

February 16, 2023 06:00 - 32.9 MB

On this episode, Brian Carter and Dawn Hood-Patterson will discuss the role of hope and spirituality in bioethics.

Dispute Between Physicians and Family on Surgical Treatment for an Infant with Ultra Short Gut ...

February 09, 2022 08:00 - 38.1 MB

Intraprofessional disagreements about complex cases.

Zone of Parental Discretion

December 27, 2021 06:00 - 36.3 MB

The zone of parental discretion: an ethical tool for dealing with disagreement between parents and doctors about medical treatment for a child.

Discussion on Dysthanasia

November 24, 2021 06:00 - 41.5 MB

Dr. Joanna Clark leads a discussion on dysthanasia.

New Book: Catastrophic Rupture: A Memoir of Healing

November 17, 2021 06:00 - 36.8 MB

Dr. Jane Lee, associate professor of pediatrics in the Medical College of Wisconsin's Complex Care department, discusses her new book Catastrophic Rupture: A Memoir of Healing.

Recent book: "A Theory of Bioethics"

November 17, 2021 06:00 - 32 MB

Joseph Millum is the author of a new book about a new theory for bioethics. The volume offers a carefully argued, compelling theory of bioethics while eliciting practical implications for a wide array of issues including medical assistance-in-dying, the right to health care, abortion, animal research, and the definition of death. The authors’ dual value theory features mid-level principles, a distinctive model of moral status, a subjective account of well-being, and a cosmopolitan view of glo...

Neurologists Role in Eugenics

August 09, 2021 06:00 - 19.1 MB

Dr. Weisleder discusses the role that neurologists played in the eugenics movements of the twentieth century.

Raising a Child with HLHS

July 15, 2021 08:00 - 15.8 MB

After her son was born with a life-threatening congenital heart condition, Wendy Hind, Ph.D., J.D., began using poetry and essay as a form of narrative medicine - it's her way of expressing herself and connecting to others through issues of health and healing. She is the founder and curator of #tinypoetryproject - short poems posted weekly as narrative medicine for the soul.  Wendy is also a former university vice president, professor, policy advisor, and attorney. She has published health r...

Shots, Jabs, or Immunizations: Words Matter

March 25, 2021 07:00 - 11.6 MB

Dr. Carter discusses the ways words shape our perceptions of medical interventions, and why there are hesitations with immunization.

Should Children Get A New COVID Vaccine

December 09, 2020 06:00 - 32.2 MB

Dr. Angela Myers discusses whether or not children should receive the new COVID-19 vaccine.

COVID Vaccines and Children

November 25, 2020 15:00 - 39.8 MB

Dr. Barbara Pahud discusses ethical questions concerning the COVID-19 vaccine(s) and children.

School Nurses and COVID

September 23, 2020 13:30 - 23.5 MB

In this three-person panel, Shelby Rebeck MSN, RN, Dr. Jeremy Garrett, and Vanessa Watkins, MPH discuss how school nurses are handling COVID-19.

Working From Home

September 04, 2020 08:00 - 21.8 MB

Dr. Jeremy Garrett, Vanessa Watkins MPH, Alaina Burns, PharmD discuss finding a work-life balance during the pandemic.

Work-Life Balance in the COVID Era: Sending Your Kids to School vs Remote Learning

August 28, 2020 14:00 - 46 MB

In this panel interview, Dr. Jeremy Garrett and Vanessa Watkins, MPH, discuss the decisions parents are facing regarding sending their children to school and what the best approach is for their child's education.

COVID Vaccine Hesitancy and Public Health

August 25, 2020 13:00 - 22.5 MB

Dr. Phoebe Danziger discusses the possible pushback from a COVID-19 vaccine, and how to overcome doubts of the safety and efficacy of a new vaccine.

Should We Send Kids to School This Fall

August 17, 2020 16:00 - 24 MB

Dr. Nathaniel Beers discusses the ethical, epidemiological, economic, and emotional issues surrounding the conversation on whether or not children should return to school or resume online learning.

COVID: Where Do We Go From Here

August 06, 2020 05:00 - 22.5 MB

Dr. Shari Barkin shares what the next phase of COVID-19 will look like, what society has learned, and where society all goes from here.

Is the Best Interest Standard the Best Standard for Pediatric Bioethics

August 03, 2020 13:00 - 26 MB

Dr. Erica Salter joins Dr. Lantos to discuss the arguments for and against the best interest standard.

A Pediatric Infectious Disease Doctor Reflects on COVID in Texas

July 22, 2020 12:00 - 42 MB

Susan Wootton, MD discusses COVID-19 and the issues that parents and children are facing as we move towards the fall and the new school year.

COVID in the UK: Where Do We Go From Here

June 02, 2020 14:00 - 26 MB

The UK was hit hard by COVID-19.  One of the UK's leading bioethicists, Dr. Dominic Wilkinson from Oxford University, will talk about some of the decision makings that was crucial to getting through the crisis.

COVID: What Have We Learned

June 02, 2020 13:00 - 24.9 MB

Dr. Louis Bell shares what the pediatricians at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia have learned from the pandemic and how they can move forward.

COVID in New York City

April 23, 2020 09:00 - 34.1 MB

Dr. George Hardart shares what it is like in New York City, the epicenter of COVID-19 in the United States.

Breathe, Baby, Breath: The Story of a Preemie

April 20, 2020 13:00 - 48.1 MB

Dr. Annie Janiver shares her personal story of having her daughter Violette born at 23 weeks of gestation and spend some time in the NICU.  Dr. Janvier discusses her book about what it was like to be a patient in the unit where she had long been an attending physician.

COVID and Child Abuse

March 31, 2020 13:00 - 37.4 MB

Dr. Stephanie Deutsch explains what to do when parents are suspected of abuse and their child needs some urgent decisions made during the pandemic.

Pandemic Ethics

March 25, 2020 05:00 - 33.5 MB

Dr. Erin Dashka-Talati Paquette shares how pandemics raise unique ethical issues.

Ethics and Communication During a Pandemic

March 23, 2020 13:00 - 21.5 MB

Dr. Amy Caruso Brown discusses ethical decisions and communication strategies during a pandemic.

Planning for COVID in Washington State

March 21, 2020 13:00 - 43.1 MB

Dr. Doug Diekema has been working with a state planning task force and will talk about how they are thinking about the state's needs in dealing with COVID-19.

Medical Futility in Texas - Again

March 12, 2020 05:00 - 15.9 MB

Dr. Laura Miller-Smith discusses the case of Tinslee Lewis, a baby in Texas who is at the center of a controversy about medical futility.

Abortion: Ethics, Access, and Viability

March 12, 2020 05:00 - 48 MB

Katie Watson, JD discusses the 2018 Professor Watson published Scarlet A: The Ethics, Law, and Politics of Ordinary Abortion with Oxford University Press.

Is Pregnancy a Disease? And Why Does That Matter

March 05, 2020 06:00 - 25.9 MB

Dr. Daniel Brudney explains some doctors refuse to provide certain medical treatments to their patients because they have a conscientious objection to those treatments. However, should all objections to treatment be honored?  Where are the limits between professional obligations and personal beliefs?

Balancing a Child's Interest With the Interests of Other Family Members

March 05, 2020 06:00 - 18.2 MB

Professor Groll proposes four models for thinking about how to balance the interests of parents, families, and a sick child.

Premature Birth - What Does it Teach Us About Being Human

March 05, 2020 06:00 - 20.6 MB

Sarah DiGregorio shares her personal story of going into premature labor, what she went through with a baby in the NICU, and what lead her into researching how NICU's came about.

Ethical Dilemmas in Fetal Medicine

March 05, 2020 06:00 - 14.2 MB

Dr. Steve Leuthner discusses the ethical questions surrounding advances in prenatal diagnosis and in-utero treatment of fetuses.

Right to an Open Future

March 05, 2020 06:00 - 26.2 MB

Dr. Jeremy Garrett shares why some parents would want to get their children's genetics screened and sequenced. However, is it beneficial for the children?