The Bioethics Institute in the Media

Institute for Bioethics and Health Policy faculty members have been quoted, interviewed, broadcast, and recorded in a variety of national and international media over the years. Here is a selection.

• Rich nations had vaccine options after AstraZeneca and J&J faced clot reports. Others may not have that luxury
  CNN
  April 16, 2021
  
  
• USA dice "NO" al pasaporte de vacunación: ¿Es ética la medida?
  En Conexión
  April 7, 2021
  
  
• Chaotic Vaccine Rollout Highlights Healthcare Disparities in Miami
  Miami New Times
  March 26, 2021

• Re "Assessment of Disparities Associated With a Crisis Standards of Care Resource Allocation Algorithm for Patients in 2 US Hospitals During the COVID-19 Pandemic"
  • Researchers develop “Crisis Standards of Care” policy to address ethical issues
    News Medical Life Sciences
    March 24, 2021
  • Avoiding Racial Health Disparities in Crisis Standards of Care
    Patient Engagement Hit
    March 23, 2021
  • Importance of crisis standards of care for equitable allocation of scarce medical re
    Science Codex
    March 19, 2021
  • Importance of crisis standards of care for equitable allocation of scarce medical re
    Eurek Alert
    March 19, 2021

• Vacuna de Johnson & Johnson: por qué fue cuestionada por los obispos católicos
  CNN en Español
  March 5, 2021

• Patients, Families Viewing Ethics Consult Notes in Real Time
  Medical Ethics Advisor
  March 1, 2021
  
  
• You Think the U.S. Has Vaccine Issues? 130 Countries Haven't Event Started Vaccinating
  GPB News, DC
  February 14, 2021
  
  
• You Think the U.S. Has Vaccine Issues? 130 Countries Haven't Event Started Vaccinating
  NPR
  February 14, 2021
  
  
• La investigación científica en una construcción social
  Universo Sistema de Noticias de la UV, Xalapa, Mexico
  February 5, 2021

• Physicians' Ethics Change with Societal Trends
  Medscape
  December 14, 2020
  
  
• Devastated by Covid, Latin America is Now Unprepared for Vaccine
  Bloomberg
  December 8, 2020

• How the air travel industry is scrambling to convince people to fly
  Vox
  October 13, 2020

• Interview: Political and social consequences of the COVID-19 quarantine in Argentina
  Juntos Podemos Lograrlo
  Network TELEFE Buenos Aires, Argentina
  June 15, 2020

• Entrevista Sobre Ética y Coronavirus
  CNN
  March 18, 2020

• The US Government Botched its Investigation Into The Mysterious "Sonic Attack" in Cuba, Email Reveal
  BuzzFeed News
  May 29, 2019

• Especial de Bioética
  Diálogo entre pares, Voz propia – 51-minute broadcast featuring interview with Dr. Sergio Litewka
  Universidad Veracruzana (Mexico)
  September 25, 2018

• La Castración de Seres Humanos
  CNN en Español  Entrevista Café
  May 25, 2018

• When A Tattoo Means Life Or Death. Literally
  National Public Radio NPR
  January 21, 2018

• His Tattoo Said ‘Do Not Resuscitate.’ Doctors Wanted Another Opinion.
  The New York Times
  December 4, 2017

• Florida man's 'Do Not Resuscitate' tattoo creates ethical dilemma for doctors
  USA Today
  December 2, 2017

• When a tattoo says 'do not resuscitate,' should doctors obey?
  National Post (Toronto)
  December 1, 2017

• What to Do When a Patient Has a 'Do Not Resuscitate' Tattoo
  The Atlantic
  December 1, 2017 

• DNR Tattoo Creates Ethical 'Conundrum' For Miami Hospital
  Patch.com
  December 1, 2017

• Everything we know about concussions is wrong
  Quartz
  November 28, 2017

• The Body Trade (Parts 1 and 2)
  Reuters
  September-October, 2017

• Decision Delayed On KidCare Premiums
  Health News Florida
  October 27, 2017
  
  
• “Geneth” Expert Co-authors Gene Editing Guidelines
  Miller School of Medicine
  August 12, 2017
  
  
• Dr. Jeffrey Brosco Named Florida’s Deputy Secretary for Children’s Medical Services
  Miller School of Medicine
  August 3, 2017

• Still using mosquito repellent? Threat of Zika can fall on deaf ears
  The Miami Herald
  April 6, 2017
  
  
• Could Charlie Gard’s case happen in the United States?
  CNN
  July 6, 2017

• Genetic details of controversial ‘three-parent baby’ revealed
  Nature
  April 3, 2017

• Viewpoint - Navigating Ethics: Public Health Emergencies
  WPBT2
  November 3, 2016

• Muerte de Prince es un nuevo alerta sobre prescripción de drogas extremas [no longer available]
  Sumarium.com, Caracas
  August 22, 2016

• ¿Cómo regular los conflictos de interés en ciencia?
  La Tercera, Santiago
  July 11, 2016

• Clonage: 20 ans après Dolly, où en est-on ?
  Europe 1, Agence France Presse
  July 5, 2016

• Genetically modified mosquitoes in the Florida Keys
  WFSU Capital Report, Tallahassee [segment begins at 14:35]
  May 20, 2016

• Medical professionals have an ethical duty to go digital
  Kenneth W. Goodman and Henry Mack
  Miami Herald Op-Ed
  March 3, 2016

• Could Adults’ Expectations Drive Up ADHD Diagnoses in Kids? Rates of disorder have risen alongside increasing academic demands, researchers say
  HealthDay
  February 23, 2016

• Medicare approves reimbursements for end-of-life discussions
  Miami Herald
  January 26, 2016

• Remodeler le code de la vie
  La Presse+, Montreal
  January 22, 2016

• For Some Cancers, Experts Increasingly Favor A ‘Wait And See’ Approach To Treatment
  The Huffington Post
  September 11, 2015

• Surreptitious Planned Parenthood Videos [no longer available]
  CNN | Nancy Grace Show
  August 5, 2015

• Colombia opens its doors to euthanasia
  Christian News Journal
  July 10, 2015

• Doomed Broward baby caught in legal limbo
  Miami Herald
  February 14, 2015

• Accreditation: institutions must take lead
  The Hindu
  November 12, 2014
  
  
• Café Caracol
  Caracol 1260
  October 31 and November 3, 2014

• Hola Chiche
  Radio 10
  October 29, 2014
• A Mano Limpia aTeve
  Channel 41
  October 28, 2014

• When does Ebola care become too risky?
  CNN
  October 14, 2014

• Brittany Maynard conoce el día, la hora y el lugar de su muerte
  Radio Caracol, Miami
  October 13, 2014

• Diagnosed with terminal cancer, Brittany Maynard considers taking her own life and made a video explaining why.
  CNN
  October 7, 2014

• Immigration and Health Care
  WPBT Television, Issues with Helen Ferré
  October 3, 2014

• Doctors try to buy more time by freezing people to save their lives
  Fusion Live (Univision, ABC)
  August 4, 2014

• EE.UU.: Sexteo en el quirófano
  Realidades al momento, CNN en Español
  June 14, 2014

• Bioethics, politics and Argentine society[no longer available]
  infobae TV, Buenos Aires
  May 7, 2014

• “Right-to-try” laws for terminally ill patients
  CNBC
  May 6, 2014

• Bioethics: Life Support
  WPBT-2 Viewpoint
  February 2 and 16, 2014

• La eutanasia y la muerte asistida
  Ismael Cala program on CNN en Español Photo from the set
  January 22, 2014

• Florida governor: A tit-for-tat contest?
  FloridaWatchdog.org
  January 10, 2014

• California brain death case
  livescience
  January 3, 2014

• When ‘life support’ is really ‘death support’
  CNN
  December 29, 2013

• The Pacifica Evening News, Pacifica Radio, KPFA 94.1, Berkeley [this item at 19:45 in broadcast]
  December 23, 2013

• La reforma de salud en otros países
  willax.tv, Lima, Peru Part 1 l Part 2
  August 14, 2013

• Testing a new tool for end-of-life care: Honoring patient’s wishes at forefront of effort. Sarasota Herald-Tribune
  July 29, 2013

• How Electronic Medical Records Might Breathe Life Into ‘Neutral Spanish’
  WLRN, Miami
  June 18, 2013

• Too young for adult lungs?
  CNN
  June 3, 2013

• Miami flesh-eating victim Ronald Poppo to endure long road to recovery
  The Guardian
  June 13, 2012

• Surgeon: Left without a face, victims all say ‘I’ve become a monster’
  South Florida Sun Sentinel
  June 6, 2012

• Replacing a face: costly, difficult, doable 
  Miami Herald
  June 3, 2012

• Your name here: Private donations filling in municipal gaps
  South Florida Sun Sentinel
  May 23, 2012

• Hospitals compete for the well-off with fancy amenities
  South Florida Sun Sentinel
  February 26, 2012

• Crean comisión para evitar abusos en experimentos médicos
  Opera Mundi
  January 8, 2012

• Technique spots patients misdiagnosed as being in ‘vegetative state’
  The Washington Post
  November 10, 2011

• La décennie du 11-Septembre - La fin de l’insouciance
  Le Devoir, Montreal
  September 10, 2011

• Experimentos médicos de EE.UU. en Guatemala dejaron 83 muertos en los años 40
  Radio Francia Internacional
  August 30, 2011

• Miami-Dade County Mayor Is Removed
  The New York Times
  March 15, 2011

• Panel Set to Study Safety of Electronic Patient Data
  The New York Times
  December 13, 2010

• The Responsible Resources Trade
  Center for Strategic and International Studies
  May 18, 2010

• History of Hernia Patch Raises Questions on Implant Recalls
  The New York Times
  March 16, 2007

• States Taking a New Look At End-of-Life Legislation
  The New York Times
  March 31, 2005

• Miami Area’s Mayors Ride a Volatile Political Wave
  The New York Times
  April 17, 2000

OF RELATED INTEREST: ETHICS AND JOURNALISM  

• Goodman KW. Journalism and philosophy. Proceedings and Addresses of the American Philosophical Association. 1989;63(5):35-40. DOI: 10.2307/3130332

• Goodman KW. Philosophy as news: Bioethics, journalism and public policy. Journal of Medicine and Philosophy. 1999;24:181-200. DOI: 10.1076/jmep.24.2.181.2533