The question "what is suffering and how should we respond to suffering well" is critical for medicine and medical ethics. In this new essay (published in CQHE) I argue that suffering must be understood holistically. #Ethics

join us by zoom at 12 EST on 1/31 to hear @TylerTateMD speak on “What is Suffering & Why does it Matter for Medicine?: Reflections on Suffering, Illness, Ethics, & Health” for our @UMichMedSchool program on health, spirituality & religion. no registration required. zoom ID in pic

New paper out called “Control Freaks”: Evaluating Concerns of Ableism in the Perinatal Environment. Part of a special issue on Disability and Wonder, published by Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, edited by R Garland-Thomson and D Stahl. https://t.co/0qD91PFnXJ

So excited to have joined @StanfordMed + @StanfordQoLA +@StanfordBioethx. In reading this, I see motivations and threads of my own life and story revealed in ways I had hardly realized. And indeed it's true, I've never loved anything like a good yarn.

#PalliativeCare #Ethics #Philosophy

we can resist much suffering - perhaps, even, suffering (up) unto death.

At the end of the day I believe the solution to this puzzle is found in the enigmatic human Will. If our sense of self is able to be kept in line with our will (ie our desires) - which often requires the assistance of other people, then-

It is an analysis of how and why different people, facing the same kind of tragic disease or set of negative (horrible) circumstances, experience the events, the afflictions, quite differently.

I find it both awesome and peculiar how much we academics feel compelled to promote papers we write, since most remain, merely, a labor of love. Or something like that. Regardless, a book chapter I wrote just came out:

So neat! Ready to think about hard things together

*let’s* hang ✨

Super excited to start new academic (and life) chapter today, joining faculty @StanfordMed with @StanfordQoLA + @StanfordBioethx. Wild! Also if you’re around hang in the bay ok? 🥳 @AlokPatelMD @monicahimaani et al. 🥳

Thank you to @OHSUSOM @OHSUPallCare! And let’s go @StanfordMed @StanfordQoLA @StanfordBioethx @StanfordPeds!

Wow - I’m legitimately shook, blown away, to be joining this august crew! @KayteSB I cannot WAIT to meet you and hear about your work and life. @RyanAntiel you 🪨 this is incredible. I’m so grateful to @GreenwallFdn for this opportunity.

Wow I am so immensely honored to be named in a group that contains these humans! Dang

This is a smart piece of writing

#pedspc @AAHPM

https://t.co/nY4XOg1uqp Come work with an incredible pediatric palliative care team in one of the best cities in the world! @OHSUDoernbecher @OHSUPallCare @PedPalASCNet

https://t.co/gIy3n5gEYB @JosephAClair and I talking about our @hastingscenter report paper on Love #bioethics

Doctor reports a safety issue, a patient concern, staff wellness problem, etc to hospital admin.... How long does it take to get a response? Doctor has an unfinished note... You get multiple emails, a delinquent notice, and red flags within 48 hours. Fascinating.