Arthritis and Rheumatology of Georgia’s Post

🗣 Listen to our very own, Dr. Kelly Weselman, tackle moral and ethical dilemmas in rheumatology 🤔 https://lnkd.in/eH6ket4G #rheumatology #rheumatologist #morals #ethics

How should we navigate a complex issue such as our patients’ access to care knowing the high cost of treatment? What about managing conflicts of interest? Moral and ethical dilemmas are an everyday part of a medical professional’s life, and we need to be ready to address them. In this episode, Dr. Kelly Weselman, chair of the ACR Committee on Ethics and Conflict of Interest, joins us to tackle these topics and more. LISTEN → https://acr.tw/3MohZOa

I am pleased to share an in-depth blog post that explores the complex and compelling case of Robert Roberson, who faces the death penalty due, in part, to convictions linked to shaken baby syndrome. This article delves into the legal and medical intricacies surrounding this controversial syndrome, shedding light on its implications for wrongful convictions and the broader conversations about justice and punishment in the legal system. For those interested in the intersection of law, medicine, and ethics, this piece provides essential insights and raises critical questions that deserve attention. Read the full article here: [CNN - Robert Roberson Execution and Shaken Baby Syndrome](https://ift.tt/E7X3Zx5).

How can we trust the information and intentions of federal agencies who have consistently been willing to provide the public and Congress with false information and shamelessly manipulate public opinion to advance their own interests? When these agencies put their own interests ahead of ethics and democracy, they act against the nation's best interests and lose the trust of the American public. Their responsibility is to serve the public by delivering accurate, unbiased information—not to distort facts or spread misinformation for their own gain.

This article addresses important considerations for the practice of telepsychology, such as common challenges and dilemmas, and provides key recommendations to promote its ethical, legal, and clinical effectiveness. https://buff.ly/3VntTNI

This article addresses important considerations for the practice of telepsychology, such as common challenges and dilemmas, and provides key recommendations to promote its ethical, legal, and clinical effectiveness. https://buff.ly/3VntTNI

Coming soon! In this article, to be published early next year in the Harvard International Law Journal, Scott Moore and I explore some of the under-appreciated risks of unilateral stratospheric aerosol injection (SAI), particularly the risk of armed conflict, advocate for stronger governance to constrain such unilateral action, and examine how such governance could be developed. We'll post a draft to SSRN after some more revisions. Abstract below...

New research from Dr. Gbemende Johnson and grad student Yao Yao, "Government Transparency and Judicial Oversight," examines 2020's Freedom of Information Act in relation to public-executive branch disputes over access to information. Dr. Johnson and Yao recently presented their findings at Stanford University's Conference on Executive-Judicial Relations.

27 DAYS: That’s how long ICE places people in solitary confinement on average, according to @PHR’s new report issued in a collaboration between PHR and researchers, faculty, and students at Harvard. This misuse of extended #solitary confinement by #ICE often meets the definition of cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment under international law. In multiple cases documented in the report, it crosses that threshold to constitute torture. READ THE REPORT NOW: https://bit.ly/42sldaB

Exciting new read and video alert! Explore the concept of therapeutic jurisprudence and its impact on defendants' wellbeing. Dive into this insightful guide on being "woke" and how judges are implementing trauma-informed practices. Watch the 5-minute video and read more in just 1 minute here: [Link to the article] #TherapeuticJurisprudence #TraumaInformed #LegalReform