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Air date:	Tuesday, March 22, 2016, 3:30:00 PM Time displayed is Eastern Time, Washington DC Local
Views:	Total views: 150 (42 Live, 108 On-demand)
Category:	Special
Runtime:	01:23:58
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Description:	In Remembrance of Alan Wertheimer, PhD, the CC Department of Bioethics Presents the First Annual Widening the Lens Lecture Alan Wertheimer's contributions to bioethics were far reaching and invaluable. After a very successful career in Political Science at the University of Vermont, Alan embraced bioethics with intellectual curiosity and acumen, often challenging prevailing views and urging broader thinking. He practiced a fruitful method - Widening the Lens (reflected in the title of this lecture and the subtitle of his last book), challenging all of us to consider why the norms and principles that guide our thinking about bioethics, particularly research ethics, should be different from other social contexts. Alan was an integral member of the NIH CC Department of Bioethics from 2005 until 2015, and his work produced fresh insights that shook up the conventional wisdom. In honor of Alan and his many contributions, the Department of Bioethics is hosting an annual Widening the Lens lecture, featuring a speaker whose work also serves to expand our perspectives and understanding of complex issues. Critical Decisions: The challenge of shared decision making between physicians and patients. Guest Speaker: Peter Ubel, MD, Duke University In 1974, Betty Ford went to sleep so that her doctors could biopsy a lump they had seen on her mammogram. She woke up in a hospital room with a huge bandage over her chest. They hadn't removed a tiny lump. They'd removed her entire breast, without bothering to discuss the pros and cons of this treatment with her. Medical practice has changed since the time of Betty Ford's cancer treatment. Physicians no longer make a habit of withholding cancer diagnoses from patients. Indeed, many physicians now recognize that figuring out what is best for any given patient depends on discovering that patient's individual preferences. However, the patient empowerment movement has created a major dilemma in medical decision-making. Despite growing agreement that doctors and patients need to "work together," too often neither doctors nor patients know how to negotiate this new relationship. In this talk, Dr. Ubel will describe how hidden dynamics in the doctor-patient relationship keep us from making the best medical choices. He will describe the unconscious psychological forces that cause both doctors and patients to make decisions they would otherwise not make. And he will lay out a strategy of research and practice that holds the promise of improving the way we all make health care choices.

NLM Title:	Wertheimer remembrance : the challenge of shared decision making between physicians and patients / Peter Ubel.
Author:	Ubel, Peter A. National Institutes of Health (U.S.). Clinical Center. Department of Bioethics,
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Abstract:	(CIT): In Remembrance of Alan Wertheimer, PhD, the CC Department of Bioethics Presents the First Annual Widening the Lens Lecture. Alan Wertheimer's contributions to bioethics were far reaching and invaluable. After a very successful career in Political Science at the University of Vermont, Alan embraced bioethics with intellectual curiosity and acumen, often challenging prevailing views and urging broader thinking. He practiced a fruitful method - Widening the Lens (reflected in the title of this lecture and the subtitle of his last book), challenging all of us to consider why the norms and principles that guide our thinking about bioethics, particularly research ethics, should be different from other social contexts. Alan was an integral member of the NIH CC Department of Bioethics from 2005 until 2015, and his work produced fresh insights that shook up the conventional wisdom. In honor of Alan and his many contributions, the Department of Bioethics is hosting an annual Widening the Lens lecture, featuring a speaker whose work also serves to expand our perspectives and understanding of complex issues. Critical Decisions: The challenge of shared decision making between physicians and patients. Guest Speaker: Peter Ubel, MD, Duke University. In 1974, Betty Ford went to sleep so that her doctors could biopsy a lump they had seen on her mammogram. She woke up in a hospital room with a huge bandage over her chest. They hadn't removed a tiny lump. They'd removed her entire breast, without bothering to discuss the pros and cons of this treatment with her. Medical practice has changed since the time of Betty Ford's cancer treatment. Physicians no longer make a habit of withholding cancer diagnoses from patients. Indeed, many physicians now recognize that figuring out what is best for any given patient depends on discovering that patient's individual preferences. However, the patient empowerment movement has created a major dilemma in medical decision-making. Despite growing agreement that doctors and patients need to "work together," too often neither doctors nor patients know how to negotiate this new relationship. In this talk, Dr. Ubel will describe how hidden dynamics in the doctor-patient relationship keep us from making the best medical choices. He will describe the unconscious psychological forces that cause both doctors and patients to make decisions they would otherwise not make. And he will lay out a strategy of research and practice that holds the promise of improving the way we all make health care choices.
Subjects:	Decision Making--ethics Patient Participation Physician-Patient Relations--ethics Prostatic Neoplasms--psychology
Publication Types:	Lecture Webcast

NLM Classification:	W 85
NLM ID:	101680594
CIT Live ID:	18708
Permanent link:	https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=18708

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