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In an era of daily breakthroughs and rapid advancement in health care, trust between physician and patient is crucial. With billions of dollars sought in malpractice suits and stories of unethical behavior in health care, politics and business on the rise, how is this all-important trust fostered?
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William Peck
Alan A. and Edith L. Wolff Distinguished Professor of Medicine
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Peck, former dean of the School of Medicine, directs the University's Center for Health Policy. Revolutionary scientific advances promise great improvements in the prevention and diagnosis of disease and the treatment of patients. But major obstacles must be overcome before this enormous potential ...
Expertise: Health care policy, health care costs, disparities in access to care, workforce issues
Media assistance: (314) 286-0120 / westerhousej@wustl.edu
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Ira Kodner
Director of the Center for the Study of Human Values and Ethics
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Kodner directs one of the only comprehensive programs in ethics and human values at a university in the United States. While other centers study human values, most are located in a particular school and address particular topics. The Center for the Study of Human Values and Ethics supports the study, ...
Expertise: Ethics, health care policy
Media assistance: (314) 286-0120 / westerhousej@wustl.edu
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Rebecca Dresser
Daniel Noyes Kirby Professor of Law
Dresser's book, "When Science Offers Salvation: Patient Advocacy and Research Ethics", was published in 2001. Dresser is also co-author of "The Human Use of Animals: Case Studies in Ethical Choice" and "Bioethics and Law: Cases, Materials, and Problems". She is one of the "At Law" columnists for ...
Expertise: patient advocacy, research ethics, bioethics and law, biomedical research, dementia, embryo research, stemcell, …
Direct contact: (314) 935-8769
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dresser@wulaw.wustl.edu
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Steven Teitelbaum
Wilma and Roswell Messing Professor of Pathology and Immunology
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As the past president of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology — the largest coalition of biomedical research associations in the United States — Teitelbaum is a strong supporter for therapeutic cloning. Somatic cell nuclear transfer, as it is also known, could hold the potential ...
Expertise: Experimental biology, therapeutic cloning, osteoporosis, bone degeneration, bone disease
Media assistance: (314) 286-0120 / westerhousej@wustl.edu
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A physician and ethicist
Reanimating Frankenstein's creature -- and its lessons for medical ethics
Oct. 10,
2007 -- As the frightful holiday of Halloween approaches, a physician and ethicist at Washington University School of Medicine would have us asking questions first posed by the teenage author of a timeless scary story: Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein. This riveting tale is often portrayed as a horror story of gruesome thrills. However, Ira Kodner, director of Washington University's Center for the Study of Ethics and Human Values, thinks Shelley's seminal novel foreshadows many of the ethical, medical and social challenges our society confronts today.
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Indebted donors
Researchers study reimbursing living organ donors for out-of-pocket expenses
Nov. 9,
2006 --
More than 80,000 people in the United States are on waiting lists for organ transplants. Some will have to wait for the death of a matching donor, but more and more people are receiving organs from living donors. In an effort to close the gap between organ supply and demand, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine, the University of Michigan and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons are studying ways to reimburse living donors for some of their out-of-pocket expenses when they choose to donate an organ.
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Danforth to speak
Several lectures, including 'Medicine and Society,' to be simulcast at WUSM
Sept. 29,
2006 -- Three lectures, held in conjunction with the Danforth Campus naming events, will be simulcast for faculty and staff in School of Medicine facilities from various locations on the Danforth Campus. The first presentation, "Medicine & Society," will feature Chancellor Emeritus William Danforth. He will be joined by leading St. Louis medical and health policy experts at 4 p.m. Tuesday, October 3, in Graham Chapel. The event is free and open to the public.
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May We Scan Your Genome?
Newsweek
April 22,
2008 -- As personal genetic testing takes off, some worry that marketing is getting ahead of science.
With each new marketing push comes new criticism. Some say DNA testing doesn't belong in virtual clinics: One key issue is regulation.
WUSTL pediatrics and genetics specialist Thomas Morgan worries that the business is getting ahead of the science. "I might scare myself or reassure myself falsely based on the very limited knowledge that we have."
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Campus Health's Hidden Costs
U.S. News & World Report online
Feb. 1,
2008 -- Debra Harp, WUSTL's associate director of Student Health Services, comments on mandatory health insurance mandates by universities, including WUSTL.
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Plant-like protein underpins common parasites' ability to infect
DailyIndia.com (FL)
and 7 others
Jan. 10,
2008 -- WUSTL researchers led by WUSTL molecular microbiology professor David Sibley have revealed that Toxoplasma gondii, a common human parasite, uses a plant-like protein for signalling when to increase its numbers and when to be dormant. T. gondii is found in one in every four humans causing serious disease in patients with weakened immune systems.
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Washington U. studies creation of public health school
St. Louis Business Journal
and 3 others
Dec. 28,
2007 -- WUSTL is exploring the possibility of increasing its involvement in the health of the region by establishing its own school of public health.
As part of a strategic planning process currently under way at the university, WUSTL medical school dean Larry Shapiro and social work dean Edward Lawlor are investigating how the university can expand its focus on public health, according to Rob Wild, assistant to the chancellor.
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Docs suffer stress, sleep problems after mistakes, survey says
Associated Press State & Local Wire
and 38 others
July 19,
2007 -- Patients aren't the only ones harmed by medical errors, according to a survey released Wednesday that found many doctors who make mistakes and even those who come close suffer stress, sleep problems and loss of confidence.
Job stress related to medical errors potentially could make some doctors prone to depression, quitting or even making additional mistakes, underscoring the need for helping them cope, said WUSTL psychologist Amy Waterman, the study's lead author.
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