Clinician-patient relationship

News and Updates

Mar 2023

“Popularly Enthralling and Ethically Disquieting”: As Psychedelics Research and Medicine Goes Mainstream, Greenwall Faculty Scholars Weigh In

After a half-century of relative dormancy, there has been a recent, tremendous surge in the clinical use and research of psychedelics like ketamine and psilocybin. The legal and cultural...

Mar 2023

Can We Fix Failed Hype Cycles in Telehealth?

In 2022, Jeremy Greene, MD, PhD, a Greenwall Faculty Scholars Program Alum, published The Doctor Who Wasn’t There, an historical look at the emerging telemedical technologies of the last two...

Feb 2023

Faculty Scholar Alum Jodi Halpern Brings Message of Empathic Curiosity to Major South American Science Conference

In January, Greenwall Faculty Scholar Alum Jodi Lauren Halpern, MD, PhD, traveled to Santiago, Chile to give a keynote address to the Congreso Futuro titled, “The Power of Empathic Curiosity in...

Aug 2021

Helping Patients Make Difficult Choices About Treatment Options

Receiving a life-changing diagnosis presents many challenges, including a potential choice among several treatment options. Deciding on a treatment option can be complicated by clinician preference...

Apr 2021

In Scripting Death, Faculty Scholar Alum Mara Buchbinder Maps the Real-World Impact of End-of-Life Care

Medical aid-in-dying is a complex and layered issue. For decades, the subject has dominated social and political discussions around end-of-life decision-making. Over the last five years,...

Mar 2021

In The Problem of Alzheimer’s, Board Member Jason Karlawish Analyzes the Past and Future of Treatment for Alzheimer’s Disease

Oct 2020

Greenwall Community Members Debate Psychiatric Aid-in-Dying at ASBH Conference

Greenwall Faculty Scholar Program Committee Member Dr. Daniel Sulmasy, Faculty Scholar Dr. Brent Kious, Faculty Scholar Alum Dr. Scott Kim, and Prof. Margaret Battin debated a difficult and...

Sep 2020

New Study Raises Questions About Ethics When Doctors Fundraise From Wealthy Patients

Donations from grateful former patients are a significant source of funding for hospitals. In order to solicit donations, some...

Scholars

Jennifer James, PhD, MSW, MSSP

Class of 2024 University of California, San Francisco

Zahra Ayubi, PhD

Class of 2022 Dartmouth College

Brownsyne Tucker Edmonds, MD, MPH, MS

Class of 2019 Indiana University School of Medicine

Mara Buchbinder, PhD

Class of 2018 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Jeremy A. Greene, MD, PhD

Class of 2018 Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Douglas John Opel, MD, MPH

Class of 2018 University of Washington School of Medicine

Kimani Paul-Emile, JD, PhD

Class of 2016 Fordham University School of Law

Neal W. Dickert, MD, PhD

Class of 2016 Emory University School of Medicine

Jon Tilburt, MD

Class of 2014 Mayo Clinic

Alex Smith, MD, MS, MPH

Class of 2013 University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)

Steven Joffe, MD, MPH

Class of 2012 University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine

Gretchen Schwarze, MD, MPP

Class of 2011 University of Wisconsin-Madison

Douglas B. White, MD, MAS

Class of 2011 University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Jeffrey Peppercorn, MD, MPH

Class of 2010 Massachusetts General Hospital

Farr Curlin, MD

Class of 2009 Duke University

Jodi Lauren Halpern, MD, PhD

Class of 2008 University of California, Berkeley

Alexander A. Kon, MD, HEC-C, FAAP, FCCM

Class of 2007 University of California San Diego School of Medicine

Thomas H. Gallagher, MD, MACP

Class of 2006 University of Washington

Grants

An ethics-informed policy for urine drug testing in pregnancy: impact on patients and providers

Erica Holland, MD Boston Medical Center

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: spring 2023

Institutional Obligations for Pragmatic Clinical Trials: Developing A Normative Account and Practical Guidance

Stephanie Morain, PhD Johns Hopkins University

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: spring 2023

Trusting Each Other: Enhancing Trust in Health Care Relationships

Matthew Wynia, MD University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: spring 2023

Developing Practical Guidance for Integrating Sustainability and Conservation Ethics into Clinical Decision-Making

Andrew Hantel, MD Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: spring 2022

Developing Practical Recommendations for Precision AI-enabled Clinically Embedded Research (PACER)

Justin Starren, MD, PhD Northwestern University

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: spring 2021

Evaluating the role of ethical, medical, and economic considerations in the suspension of in-person visits to long-term care residents during a pandemic

Jakub Hlavka, PhD University of Southern California

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: fall 2021

Peers in Mental Health: Role Boundaries and Ethics

Julia Knopes, PhD Case Western Reserve University

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: fall 2021

Sharing Electronic Health Information with Adolescents and Parents: Evaluating the Ethical and Practical Challenges

Bryan Sisk, MD Washington University

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: fall 2021

Periviable Decision-Making Dynamics: Who should decide and what happens when parental parties disagree?

Brownsyne Tucker Edmonds, MD Indiana University

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: fall 2020

A Bioethical Framework to Inform Use of Novel Drugs, Devices, and Digital Health Technologies Approved with Incomplete Evidence

Rita F. Redberg, MD University of California San Francisco

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: spring 2019

Oncologists’ Views on the Ethics of Patient Recorded Visits

Rachel Jimenez, MD Massachusetts General Hospital

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: spring 2019

Public and Patient Perspectives Regarding the Ethics of Fundraising from Patients

Reshma Jagsi, MD, DPhil University of Michigan

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: spring 2018

What We Talk about When We Talk about Surgery: Redesigning the Conceptual Framework for Preoperative Communication about Surgical Intervention

Margaret (Gretchen) Schwarze, MD University of Wisconsin

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: fall 2018

When patients demean healthcare providers

Alicia Fernandez, MD University of California, San Francisco

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: fall 2017

The Ethical Acceptability of Deception in Physician-Patient Communication

Scott Halpern, MD University of Pennsylvania

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: spring 2016

Advancing the Concept of Patient Self-Management

Wylie Burke, MD, PhD University of Washington

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: spring 2015

Failure To Die In Time: Exploration of Experiences and Attitudes of Family Members of Donors Involved in Donation after Circulatory Death

Margaret (Gretchen) Schwarze University of Wisconsin

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: spring 2015

Physician Truthfulness in Primary Care: A Qualitative Exploration

Eric G. Campbell, PhD Massachusetts General Hospital

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: spring 2014

Moral Conceptions of Respect and Dignity

Mary Catherine Beach, MD Johns Hopkins University

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: spring 2014

Ethically Responsible Choice Architecture in Medical Decision Making

Jennifer S. Blumenthal-Barby, PhD Baylor College of Medicine

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: fall 2013