Jenny Blumenthal-Barby, PhD, MA

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Interested in our clinical ethics fellowship? Happy to chat at ASBH (esp. if you are a philosophy PhD), I'll be at our booth Thurs 1-2 and Fri 8:45-9:15! cdn.bcm.edu/sites/defaul...

‘Death’ Is Like ‘Health’ Published in The American Journal of Bioethics (Vol. 25, No. 9, 2025)

‘Death’ Is Like ‘Health’ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Check out my editorial and this AJOB issue on failed attempts to revise the def of death (via UDDA).

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jobs.bcm.edu/job/Postdoct... great opportunity to work with my colleague Dr Jeske!

Is Suffering a Useless Concept? “Suffering” is a central concept within bioethics and often a crucial consideration in medical decision making. As used in practice, however, the concept risks being uninformative, ambiguous, or ev...

Is Suffering a Useless Concept? www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Global Bioethics Mentorship Program for Early-Career Bioethics Researchers from LMICs (remote) Application deadline for 2025-26 Cohort: August 1, 2025  Eligibility FAQs and application The Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Global Bioethics

www.thehastingscenter.org/bioethics-ca...

Can’t take it with you I am in hospice care and reflecting a lot on what a good life is.

I did not know Helen personally, but always admired their blending of philosophy into life, something I aspire to. I learned a lot from their reflections. RIP

Should Physicians Take the Rap? Normative Analysis of Clinician Perspectives on Responsible Use of ‘Black Box’ AI Tools Increasing interest in deploying artificial intelligence tools in clinical contexts has raised several ethical questions of both normative and empirical interest. One such question in the literatur...

Full article: Should Physicians Take the Rap? Normative Analysis of Clinician Perspectives on Responsible Use of ‘Black Box’ AI Tools www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Check out my newest paper (FREE!):
doi.org/10.1017/S096...

Information (including Zoom link) for Wednesday's Waide Center Seminar with Jennifer Blumenthal-Barby.

"Good Ethics and Bad Choices: The Relevance of Behavioral Economics for Medical Ethics"

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Deep Brain Stimulation for Childhood Treatment-Resistant Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Mental Health Clinician Views on Candidacy Factors Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is approved under a humanitarian device exemption to manage treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder (TR-OCD) in adults. It is possible that DBS may be trialed...

Full article: Deep Brain Stimulation for Childhood Treatment-Resistant Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Mental Health Clinician Views on Candidacy Factors www.tandfonline.com/eprint/AMEC7...

Talking About Suffering in the Intensive Care Unit Some have hypothesized that talk about suffering can be used by clinicians to motivate difficult decisions, especially to argue for reducing treatment at the end of life. We examined how talk about...

Full article: Talking About Suffering in the Intensive Care Unit www.tandfonline.com/eprint/IMNQT...

Friends in Neuroethics, I will be leading a summer internship program for college students in neuroscience and society. There is going to be a journal club. What are some recent or classic readings that you would recommend me to add to the library? Thanks!

Digital Doppelgängers, Grief Bots, and Transformational Challenges Published in The American Journal of Bioethics (Vol. 25, No. 2, 2025)

www.tandfonline.com/eprint/BX5MX...

Check out our new pub in @nejm.org
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AI for Surrogate Decision Making?!? After making decisions, many surrogates experience regret, PTSD, and depressive symptoms. But can AI do better?

Guests Dave Wendler, Jenny Blumenthal-Barby, & Teva Brender.

Episode bit.ly/GeriPalEp337 - hosted by Drs. Alex Smith and Eric Widera

This was a fun conversation. I've learned a lot from Dave's work on the topic of surrogate decision making. Considering the application of AI in this space adds a new twist to the conversation (although one I have a critical take on! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....)

American Philosophical Association The panelists for this event are as follows:

Hey #philsky, I'm organizing an APA Live event on how to chair inclusive and constructive conference sessions. It will be held virtually on January 31, 1pm ET. You have to be an APA member to attend (but if you're in philosophy, you should be a member anyway!) @apaphilosophy.bsky.social #philosophy

Two Minds, One Patient: Clearing up Confusion About “Ambivalence” Patients who experience difficulty making medical decisions are often referred to as “ambivalent.” However, the current lack of attention to the nuances between a cluster of phenomena that resemble...

My favorite paper in medical decision-making by @bryannamoore.bsky.social, @blumenthalbarby.bsky.social et al: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #MedSky A must read for all clinicians, and certainly those in #HAPC

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