http://www.peterubel.com on Science, Policy, Health, Well-Being and Ethics Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:13:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 on Science, Policy, Health, Well-Being and Ethics Peter Ubel no on Science, Policy, Health, Well-Being and Ethics http://www.peterubel.com/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://www.peterubel.com http://www.peterubel.com/2012/01/most-provocative-sentence-of-the-week/ http://www.peterubel.com/2012/01/most-provocative-sentence-of-the-week/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:13:42 +0000 admin http://www.peterubel.com/?p=1158 http://www.peterubel.com/2012/01/most-provocative-sentence-of-the-week/feed/ 0 http://www.peterubel.com/2012/01/thought-of-the-day/ http://www.peterubel.com/2012/01/thought-of-the-day/#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:30:00 +0000 admin http://www.peterubel.com/?p=1146 Would it be immoral for a Christian to lack faith in Tim Tebow? ]]> http://www.peterubel.com/2012/01/thought-of-the-day/feed/ 0 http://www.peterubel.com/2011/11/neonatal-ethics-and-the-catholic-church/ http://www.peterubel.com/2011/11/neonatal-ethics-and-the-catholic-church/#comments Fri, 11 Nov 2011 17:48:19 +0000 admin http://www.peterubel.com/?p=1138 Here is the link to the post.]]> http://www.peterubel.com/2011/11/neonatal-ethics-and-the-catholic-church/feed/ 0 http://www.peterubel.com/2011/11/the-fine-line-between-shared-and-manipulated-medical-decisions/ http://www.peterubel.com/2011/11/the-fine-line-between-shared-and-manipulated-medical-decisions/#comments Mon, 07 Nov 2011 18:42:48 +0000 admin http://www.peterubel.com/?p=1118
See some coverage in Forbes on a debate I participated in at a recent meeting, discussing when decisions are really decisions and when nudges are really shoves. Click here. ]]> http://www.peterubel.com/2011/11/the-fine-line-between-shared-and-manipulated-medical-decisions/feed/ 0 http://www.peterubel.com/2011/09/want-advice-on-making-better-decisions/ http://www.peterubel.com/2011/09/want-advice-on-making-better-decisions/#comments Mon, 26 Sep 2011 16:17:03 +0000 admin http://www.peterubel.com/?p=1100 Angie Fagerlin—friend, colleague, and all around inspiration—just took the lead in a paper that is getting some media attention.  (She was kind enough to include me in the effort.)  The paper gives advice to cancer patients about how to make better decisions. This link shows CBS News’s take on it.  (Is “News’s” a word?) And if you want to see the article Angie wrote, it is here. ]]> http://www.peterubel.com/2011/09/want-advice-on-making-better-decisions/feed/ 0 http://www.peterubel.com/2011/08/finally-on-fox/ http://www.peterubel.com/2011/08/finally-on-fox/#comments Mon, 08 Aug 2011 15:23:50 +0000 admin http://www.peterubel.com/?p=1090 As all of you know, my goal in life is to be a regular on Fox News. Well, anyway, here is a link to a Fox News story on happiness and all that stuff, which quotes me, and even places me back in Michigan. Let's do the time warp . . . ?]]> http://www.peterubel.com/2011/08/finally-on-fox/feed/ 0 http://www.peterubel.com/2011/07/how-much-information-should-patients-get/ http://www.peterubel.com/2011/07/how-much-information-should-patients-get/#comments Mon, 25 Jul 2011 14:06:53 +0000 admin http://www.peterubel.com/?p=1080 There is a good debate starting up on a website called Prepared Patient Forum, about how much information patients should get when facing important medical decisions.  You might want to click on this link and join in.]]> http://www.peterubel.com/2011/07/how-much-information-should-patients-get/feed/ 0 http://www.peterubel.com/2011/07/whose-life-would-you-save/ http://www.peterubel.com/2011/07/whose-life-would-you-save/#comments Fri, 15 Jul 2011 14:56:48 +0000 admin http://www.peterubel.com/?p=1073 WHYY in Philadelphia has a report out on a new study I participated in, led by my good friend Scott Halpern. The study revealed the strange lengths to which physicians will go to help their patients, even if it hurts other patients. To see what Scott and I have to say, click on this link.]]> http://www.peterubel.com/2011/07/whose-life-would-you-save/feed/ 0 http://www.peterubel.com/2011/06/compared-to-what/ http://www.peterubel.com/2011/06/compared-to-what/#comments Mon, 27 Jun 2011 16:53:26 +0000 admin http://www.peterubel.com/?p=1068 a new paper available on line at the Annals of Behavioral Medicine. At high risk for breast cancer? May not matter, in terms of getting you interested in taking a pill to reduce that risk. But FEELING at high risk? That is a different story. As Amanda shows quite persuasively, after you control (statistically speaking) for women’s actual risk, it is the way they feel about that risk that determines their behavior.]]> http://www.peterubel.com/2011/06/compared-to-what/feed/ 0 http://www.peterubel.com/2011/06/sign-on-the-dotted-line-or/ http://www.peterubel.com/2011/06/sign-on-the-dotted-line-or/#comments Fri, 24 Jun 2011 14:46:33 +0000 admin http://www.peterubel.com/?p=1062 Ever had a doctor present you with a contract, laying out what you need to do or else? Well, this is an increasingly common practice in medicine. Michael Volk led a group of us who wrote about this topic recently in The Lancet. Click on this link to check it out.]]> http://www.peterubel.com/2011/06/sign-on-the-dotted-line-or/feed/ 0