Medical Ethics Series #2 – Metaethical Theories Part 1
Welcome back to my Medical Ethics Series for the second installment! As a reminder, in the first edition we discussed in general terms what…
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Moral Typecasting and the God Complex
The concept of moral typecasting states that one who has a position of moral agency, the capacity of doing good or evil onto others,…
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Comments on Student Ethics Articles
On Nicole Varda’s Article: “To Pull or Not to Pull: The Trolley Problem and its Application to Medicine” I wonder if there is another…
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Medical Ethics Series #1 – Laying the Groundwork
In the Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle can be paraphrased as saying “happiness is the meaning and purpose of life, the whole aim and end of…
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To Pull or Not to Pull: The Trolley Problem and its Application to Medicine
The trolley problem is a classic example of an ethical thought experiment. The fictional conundrum is as follows: you are an onlooker watching a…
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Working With (Not Against) Our Psychology: Contingency Management in Substance Use Disorders
When I signed up for an addiction medicine elective in an OB/GYN clinic, I didn’t know what I didn’t know. I had heard before…
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Wegovy: It’s all the Rage
Discussion over glucagon-like peptide analogs (GLPs) has become a medical hot-topic, extending beyond clinical discussion and becoming a cultural phenomenon. Marketed as a weight-loss…
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For the Dogs: LOY-001 and the Potential Future of Anti-Aging Medicine
At its core, the purpose of medicine is to improve, and oftentimes extend, life through the diagnosis and treatment of disease. The logic to…
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The Walking Dead
“Fairy tale“, Taras Shevchenko, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons “To tell you straight doc, I’ve come to accept that everyone dies. Everyone dies at…
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Health Equity, How Do We Achieve It?
As I joined the psychiatry team during morning rounds, it was my turn to present on a new admit: a patient with congenital deafness…
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