Jenny Blumenthal-Barby, PhD, MA
@blumenthalbarby.bsky.social
Philosopher bioethicist. Cullen Professor at BCM Ethics. Associate Editor at AJOB. Philosophical bioethics, decision making, neuroethics, and AI ethics. Views my own. https://jenniferblumenthalbarby.wordpress.com/
AI Ethics 2.0: Why Frontier AI Demands a New Governance Agenda for Healthcare www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
AI Ethics 2.0: Why Frontier AI Demands a New Governance Agenda for Healthcare
Published in The American Journal of Bioethics (Ahead of Print, 2026)
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What Can We Ask of Hospitals? Conceptual Foundations for an Ethics of Healthcare Organizations www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... How can we make sense of hospitals being capable of moral harms?
What Can We Ask of Hospitals? Conceptual Foundations for an Ethics of Healthcare Organizations
From aggressive billing practices to neglectful or discriminatory care, news stories about the misconduct of healthcare organizations abound. Yet there has been limited ethical scrutiny of hospital...
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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...
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‘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).
‘Death’ Is Like ‘Health’
Published in The American Journal of Bioethics (Vol. 25, No. 9, 2025)
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jobs.bcm.edu/job/Postdoct... great opportunity to work with my colleague Dr Jeske!
Postdoctoral Associate- Bioethics
Postdoctoral Associate- Bioethics
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Is Suffering a Useless Concept? www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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...
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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
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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
Can’t take it with you
I am in hospice care and reflecting a lot on what a good life is.
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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....
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...
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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" todayatfairfield.fairfield.edu/todayatfairf...
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Gregg D Caruso@greggdcaruso.bsky.social · last yr.The Waide Center for Applied Ethics will be hosting Jennifer Blumenthal-Barby on Wednesday, March 5th @ 4:00-5:30 pm (EST). The event will be held remotely, via Zoom, and is free and open to all. Please attend and help spread the work!
Full article: Deep Brain Stimulation for Childhood Treatment-Resistant Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Mental Health Clinician Views on Candidacy Factors www.tandfonline.com/eprint/AMEC7...
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...
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Full article: Talking About Suffering in the Intensive Care Unit www.tandfonline.com/eprint/IMNQT...
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...
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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!
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....)
Ethical Complexities in Utilizing Artificial Intelligence for Surrogate Decision Making
Published in The American Journal of Bioethics (Vol. 24, No. 7, 2024)
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Josh Briscoe@jbriscoe.bsky.social · 2y agoHaving listened to the convo, I appreciate @blumenthalbarby.bsky.social bringing in Brudney’s important insights. Still so much to say, and I feel like “what would they choose” isn’t the right metric of success. It’s not even an accessible metric.
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
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The panelists for this event are as follows:
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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
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...
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