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This is an article for AJOB Empirical Bioethics titled “Whether to offer interventions at the end of life: What physicians consider and how clinical ethicists can help”. Mikaela co-wrote with Dr. Janet Malek from Baylor College of Medicine and Dr. Joelle Robertson-Preidler from The University of Texas Health Science Center. 

This article is an OPC for the American Journal of Bioethics (AJOB) titled “Exceptional Stigma: Parallels Between Marginalized Groups and Psychedelic Medicine” co-written with fellow UTMB students Hannah Carpenter, Suzy Lee, Grayson Jackson, and Institute director Dr. Campo-Engelstein. 

This article raises important ethical questions about what happens when a patient doesn't believe the information a doctor tells them and whether this affects their capacity to make medical decisions. https://jme.bmj.com/content/early/2024/11/13/jme-2024-110365 View the blog about the article in The Conversation: https://theconversation.com/how-a-court-ruled-that-patients-have-a-right-to-disbelieve-doctors-242090  

Hannah recently attended the Australasian Association of Bioethics & Health Law Conference in Sydney Australia where she received the John McPhee Law Student Essay Prize at the conference.  

She presented “Conscientious Objection and Discrimination Against LGBTQ Individuals” to the Veterans Health Administration National Center for Ethics in Health

"Does the Glove Fit? Finding the Right Ethical Framework to Justify Honoring Parental Requests in the context of Pediatric End-of-Life Care"