The Authority of the Clinical Ethicist

Abstract The COVID-19 Pandemic a stress test for clinical medicine and medical ethics, with a confluence over questions of the proportionality of resuscitation. Drawing upon his experience as a clinical ethicist during the surge in New York City during the Spring of 2020, the author considers how attitudes regarding resuscitation have evolved since the inception of do-not-resuscitate (DNR) orders decades ago. Sharing a personal narrative about a DNR quandry he encountered as a medical intern, the author considers the balance of patient rights versus clinical discretion, warning about the risk of resurgent physician paternalism dressed up in the guise of a public health crisis.

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Who Is the Clinical Ethicist?

Gastroenterology Nursing ◽

10.1097/00001610-200601000-00017 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 29 (1) ◽

pp. 70-72 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

&NA;

Keyword(s):

Clinical Ethicist

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Commentary: An Invitation to Cross-Cultural Conversation

Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics ◽

10.1017/s0963180110000459 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 19 (4) ◽

pp. 532-534 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Dan Bustillos

Keyword(s):

Cross Cultural ◽

Clinical Ethicist ◽

Ethical Norms ◽

Cultural Conversation

The case of Mrs. J is interesting not only because of the difficult questions that the clinical ethicist must confront but also because of the intriguing way in which such cases make Western clinicians and ethicists confront their own oft-unspoken cultural ethical norms and presuppositions.

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When a physician and a clinical ethicist collaborate for better patient care

Developing World Bioethics ◽

10.1111/dewb.12188 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 18 (2) ◽

pp. 198-203

Author(s):

Thalia Arawi ◽

Lama Charafeddine

Keyword(s):

Patient Care ◽

Clinical Ethicist

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The Clinical Ethicist

The Ethics of Rapid Tissue Donation (RTD) - The International Library of Bioethics ◽

10.1007/978-3-030-67201-0_6 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 85-101

Author(s):

Chiara Mannelli

Keyword(s):

Clinical Ethicist

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Moral Imagination and More

Teaching Health Humanities ◽

10.1093/med/9780190636890.003.0006 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 89-108

Author(s):

Melinda A. McGarrah Sharp

Keyword(s):

Theological Education ◽

Teaching And Learning ◽

Moral Imagination ◽

Moral Dilemmas ◽

First Century ◽

Health Humanities ◽

Teaching Experiences ◽

Life And Death ◽

Humanities Education ◽

Clinical Ethicist

How do I attend to suffering and inspire healing in the complex twenty-first century? Medical humanities and theological education share this question as a matter of life and death. In this chapter, theologian and trained clinical ethicist Melinda McGarrah Sharp describes how narratives can illuminate moral dilemmas relevant to both health humanities education and theological education. Drawing on her training as a bioethicist and practical theologian and her teaching experiences in theological education, McGarrah Sharp frames pedagogical insights by philosophies of teaching and learning moral imagination as a significant way in to moral conundrums surrounding both suffering and healing today.

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