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Three Roles Of Narratives In The Treatment Of Chronic Pain, Nina Atanasova
Three Roles Of Narratives In The Treatment Of Chronic Pain, Nina Atanasova
Philosophy and Religious Studies Department Faculty Publications
In this paper, I discuss the roles narratives play in the diagnostics, treatment, and recovery of chronic pain patients. I show that the successes of this narrative approach to the treatment of chronic pain support the biopsychosocial model of disease. The central example of narrative interventions discussed in the paper is pain neuroscience education. This is an intervention which aims at helping chronic pain patients reconceptualize their pain experiences so as to align them with neuroscientific knowledge of pain. Multiple clinical trials have established the success of these interventions in pain reduction. This shows that neuroscience pain education is in …
Is Proxy Consent For An Invasive Procedure On A Patient With Intellectual Disabilities Ethically Sufficient?, Sonya Charles, Stephen Corey, Peter Bulova
Is Proxy Consent For An Invasive Procedure On A Patient With Intellectual Disabilities Ethically Sufficient?, Sonya Charles, Stephen Corey, Peter Bulova
Philosophy and Religious Studies Department Faculty Publications
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The Ethics Of Vaginal Birth After Cesarean, Sonya Charles
The Ethics Of Vaginal Birth After Cesarean, Sonya Charles
Philosophy and Religious Studies Department Faculty Publications
The decline in providers and facilities that will allow a trial of labor after cesarean forces many women to choose a repeat cesarean. The choice is frequently not much of a choice, however, since the full range of options are often not on the table. This limited 'choice' violates obstetricians' obligations both to respect patients' autonomy and to offer them good care. There has been a vigorous but so far not very fruitful debate in the last few years about the lack of access to a trial of labor after cesarean. Some recently released documents express concern about the limited …
Symposium Issue: "Who's Afraid Of Commodification?", Dena S. Davis
Symposium Issue: "Who's Afraid Of Commodification?", Dena S. Davis
Law Faculty Articles and Essays
Unfortunately, a great deal of the talk about "commodification" has been clumsy and sloppy. The term has been used as a magic bullet, as if saying "But that's commodification!" is the same as having made an argument. In fact, commodification of human persons, human bodies, human labor, human relationships, is a complex matter.
Cochlear Implants And The Claims Of Culture: A Response To Lane And Grodin, Dena S. Davis
Cochlear Implants And The Claims Of Culture: A Response To Lane And Grodin, Dena S. Davis
Law Faculty Articles and Essays
Because I reject the notion that physical characteristics constitute cultural membership, I argue that, even if the claim were persuasive that deafness is a culture rather than a disability, there is no reason to fault hearing parents who choose cochlear implants for their deaf children.
Embryos Created For Research Purposes, Dena S. Davis
Embryos Created For Research Purposes, Dena S. Davis
Law Faculty Articles and Essays
The creation of embryos for research use has drawn a great deal of criticism. It is difficult to defend an ethical distinction between what one can do to "spare" embryos and what one can do to "research" embryos. The strongest ground on which to argue against the creation of embryos for research is a symbolic one, having to do with respect for human life. Ronald Dworkin's work in Life's Dominion on the symbolic meaning of the abortion debate throws a helpful light on this dispute. By understanding the basic question to be, Does the creation of research embryos weaken or …