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/
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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October 20, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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...
‘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).
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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August 19, 2025 at 8:09 PM
‘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).
Check out my editorial and this AJOB issue on failed attempts to revise the def of death (via UDDA).
jobs.bcm.edu/job/Postdoct... great opportunity to work with my colleague Dr Jeske!
Postdoctoral Associate- Bioethics
Postdoctoral Associate- Bioethics
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August 7, 2025 at 9:40 PM
jobs.bcm.edu/job/Postdoct... great opportunity to work with my colleague Dr Jeske!
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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August 4, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Is Suffering a Useless Concept? www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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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June 21, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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
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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May 13, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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....
Check out my newest paper (FREE!):
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Suffering at the Margins: Non-Experiential Suffering and Disorders of Consciousness | Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics | Cambridge Core
Suffering at the Margins: Non-Experiential Suffering and Disorders of Consciousness
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March 18, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Check out my newest paper (FREE!):
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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"
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"Good Ethics and Bad Choices: The Relevance of Behavioral Economics for Medical Ethics"
todayatfairfield.fairfield.edu/todayatfairf...
February 28, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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...
"Good Ethics and Bad Choices: The Relevance of Behavioral Economics for Medical Ethics"
todayatfairfield.fairfield.edu/todayatfairf...
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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February 5, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Full article: Deep Brain Stimulation for Childhood Treatment-Resistant Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Mental Health Clinician Views on Candidacy Factors www.tandfonline.com/eprint/AMEC7...
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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February 5, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Full article: Talking About Suffering in the Intensive Care Unit www.tandfonline.com/eprint/IMNQT...
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!
January 31, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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!
January 9, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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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
Guests Dave Wendler, Jenny Blumenthal-Barby, & Teva Brender.
Episode bit.ly/GeriPalEp337 - hosted by Drs. Alex Smith and Eric Widera
December 12, 2024 at 7:19 PM
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
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....)
December 12, 2024 at 4:27 PM
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....)
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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
American Philosophical Association
The panelists for this event are as follows:
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December 5, 2024 at 9:12 PM
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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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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December 6, 2024 at 10:59 AM
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