Research & Scholarship
Our writing and research projects are intrinsically interdisciplinary, drawing upon the insights of the humanities and the findings of science to support reflective practice. Because of our practical and integrative commitments, we highly value collaborative work which reaches a diverse audience, both professional and public.
Grants and Awards:
AMA Grant: Evaluating Acquisition of Ethics-Relevant Knowledge. 2003-2005. $15,000. American Medical Association STEP partnership. This project is developing an objective examination of medical students' and residents' understanding of basic ethical principles and related matters. PI: Tom Tomlinson
PVS IRGP Grant: Family and Health Professional Perceptions of PVS Patients. 2004-2005. $34,949. Intramural Research Grants Program, Michigan State University. This project will identify a potential pool of patients in Michigan with persistent vegetative state, and conduct a pilot ethnographic study to characterize the ways in which family members and health professionals understand levels of awareness and responsiveness in these patients. PI: Tom Tomlinson and Linda Hunt
Fogarty Grant: Training for Scholarship in Research Ethics.
2004-2008. $725,256. Fogarty International Center, NIH. In collaboration with
the University of Malawi College of Medicine, this program will assist African
scholars to develop active research and teaching programs in the area of research
ethics, in order to develop an active scholarly community in the region of
Malawi. PI: Tom Tomlinson and Joseph Mfutso-Bengo. For more information
on this project, visit Training
for Scholarship in Research Ethics.
Publications:
The following is a chronological listing of publications by The Center's core faculty, faculty liaisons and associates.
2004
Brody H. “Activism? Yes! The AMA? Perhaps Not.” Ethics Journal of the American Medical Association. 6.1 (January 2004).
H. Brody. Foreword. In: D. Greaves, The Healing Tradition: Reviving the Soul of Western Medicine. Oxford, UK: Radcliffe Publishing, 2004, pp. v-vi.
H. Brody. [The Definition of Death: The Comparison of US vs. Japanese Idea of Bioethics.] In: [Memorial volume of Nishinihon Bioethics Society, Kyushu.] Seikousha, 2004. [Japanese]
H. Brody. “Should a Clinical Trial Coordinator Blow the Whistle?” Medical Ethics, 11(1):3, Winter 2004.
H. Brody, K.S. Ogle, G.K. VandeKieft. “End-of-Life Decisions.” In: Oxford Textbook of Primary Medical Care, R. Jones, N. Britten, L. Culpepper, D.A. Gass, R. Grol, D. Mant, and C. Silagy (Eds). New York, NY: Oxford University Press, Inc., 2004, Vol. 1, pp. 595-598.
Andre J., H. Brody, L. Fleck, et al. “Ethics, Professionalism, and Humanities at Michigan State University College of Human Medicine.” Academic Medicine. 78 (2003): 968-972.
Brody H., F.G. Miller. “The Clinician-Investigator: Unavoidable but Manageable Tension.” Kentucky Institute of Ethics Journal. 13.4 (2003): 329-346.
Brody, H. “Pens and Other Pharmaceutical Industry Gifts.” The American Journal of Bioethics 3.3 (Summer 2003): 58-60.
Brody H. “Medicine and Bioethics.” The Nature and Prospect of Bioethics: Interdisciplinary Perspectives. F.G. Miller, J.C. Fletcher, and J.M. Humber. Totowa, NJ: Humana Press, Inc., 2003. 69-85.
Edwards, A.; Elwyn, G.; Hood, K.; Robling, M.; Atwell, C.; Holmes-Rovner, M.; Kinnersley, P.; Houston, H; Russell, I. "The Development of COMRADE – A Patient-based Outcome Measure to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Risk Communication and Treatment Decision Making in Consultations." Patient Education and Counseling. 2003: 50 (3): 311-322.
Holmes-Rovner, M.; Charles, S. "Media Coverage of the Breast Cancer Controversy: Who and What is Heard?" Patient Education and Counseling. September, 2003:51 (1):75-81.
Miller F.G., H. Brody. “A Critique of Clinical Equipoise: Therapeutic Misconception in the Ethics of Clinical Trials.” Hastings Center Report 33, no.3 (2003): 19-28.
Wall, Lewis; Brown, Douglas. “Ethical Issues Arising from the Performance of Pelvic Examinations by Medical Students on Anesthetized Patients.” (accepted for publication in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology).
Wills C.; Holmes-Rovner M. "Preliminary Validation of the Satisfaction With Decision Scale With Depressed Primary Care Patients." Health Expectations. 2003; 6: 149-159.
Wills, C.; Holmes-Rovner, M. "Patient Comprehension of Information for Shared Treatment Decision Making: State of the Art and Future Directions." Patient Education and Counseling. 2003: 50: 5: 285-290.
Brody H. “Narrative Ethics and Institutional Impact.”
HEC Forum. 11.1 (1999): 46-51.
Reprinted in: Stories Matter: The Role of Narrative in Medical Ethics. R.
Charon and M. Montello (Eds). New York, NY: Routledge, 2002. 150-153.
Brody H. “The Placebo Effect: Implications for the Study and Practice of Comoplementary and Alternative Medicine.” The Role of Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Accommodating Pluralism. D. Callahan. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2002. 74-83.
Brody H. “A Matter of Influence: Changing Times Call for Changing Policies on the Presence of Drug Company Reps in Residency Programs.” Health Affairs 21.2 (2002): 232-234.
Brody H. “Promoting Organ Donations: Is it Time to Test New Ideas?” Medical Crossfire 4.3 (2002): 33-34.
Ebell, M.; Schwartz, K.; Holmes-Rovner, M.; Rovner, D. "Shared Decision-Making Tools for Mammography in Women Age 40-49." http://www.aafp.org/clinical/tools/. Last accessed, March, 2002.
Holmes-Rovner, M.; Wills, C.E. "Improving Informed Consent: Insights from Behavioral Decision Analysis." Medical Care. 2002: 40:V30-V38
Miller F.G., H. Brody. “What Makes Placebo-Controlled Trials Unethical?” American Journal of Bioethics 2.2 (2002): 3-9.
Vandekieft G., H. Brody, K.S. Ogle. “End-of-Life Care.” Essentials of Family Medicine. 4th Edition. P.D. Sloane, L.M. Slatt, M.H. Ebell, and L.B. Jacques. Baltimore, MD: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2002. 215-227.
Wall, Lewis; Brown, Douglas. “Pharmaceutical Sales Representatives and the Patient-Physician Relationship.” Obstetrics and Gynecology 100. 2002, p 4-99.
2001
Andre J., J. Foglio, H. Brody. “Moral Growth, Spirituality, and Activism: The Humanities in Medical Education.” Educating for Professionalism: Creating a Culture of Humanism in Medical Education. D. Wear, J. Bickel. Iowa City, IO: University of Iowa Press, 2001. 81-94.Brody H. (Commentary on Opioids for chronic Nonmalignant Pain) “Meeting the Challenge of Chronic Pain”. Journal of Family Practice, 50.2 (2001):152.
Brody H., H.A. Squier. “The Physician-Patient Relationship.” Behavior and Medicine. D. Wedding. 3rd Edition. Kirkland, WA: Hogrefe & Huber Publishers, 2001. 3-12.
Brody H., D. Weismantel. “A Challenge to Core Beliefs.” Advances in Mind-Body Medicine. 17 (2001): 296-298.
Holmes-Rovner, M.; Llewellyn-Thomas, H.A.; Entwistle, V.A.; Coulter, A.; O’Connor, A.; Rovner, D.R."Patient Choice Modules for Summaries of Clinical Effectiveness: A Proposal." BMJ. 2001:322:664-667. Reprinted in BMJUSA, 2001: 1:269-272.Holmes-Rovner, M.; Rovner, D. "Measuring Improved Patient Choice." J Eval Clin Pract. 2001:6(3);263-272.
Kulkarni R., A.B. Scott-Emuakpor, H. Brody, W.B. Weil, M.V. Ragni, R. Gera. “Nondisclosure of Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Hepatitis C Virus Coinfection in a Patient with Hemophilia: Medical and Ethical Considerations.” Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology. 23.3 (2001): 153-158.
Miller F.G., H. Brody. “The Internal Morality of Medicine: An Evolutionary Perspective.” Journal of Medicine and Philosophy. 26.6 (2001): 581-599.
Tomlinson, Tom. “Futile Care in Oncology: When to Stop Trying.” The Lancet Oncology. December 2001, p 1-2.
Tomlinson, Tom. “Telethics and the Virtual Intensivist.” Journal of Clinical Ethics. Spring 2001, p 69-72.
Whitney S.N., B. W. Brown, Jr., H. Brody, K. H. Alcser, J. G. Bachman, H. T. Greely. “Views of United States Physicians and Members of the American Medical Association House of Delegates on Physician-Assisted Suicide.” Journal of General Internal Medicine. 16 (2001): 290-296.
2000
Andre, Judith; Fleck, Leonard; Tomlinson, Tom. “On Being Genetically ‘Irresponsible’.” Kenney Institute of Ethics Journal. June 2000.
Brody H., D. Brody. The Placebo Response: How to Release the Body’s Inner Pharmacy for Better Health. Paperback edition April, 2001. New York, NY: Harper Collins, 2000. (Excepts published in Advances in Mind-Body Medicine 16 (2000):216-232, and in Psychology Today, 33.4 (July/August 2000): 60-66.
Brody H., G.K. VandeKieft. “Managed Care.” Twenty Common Problems in Ethics in Primary Care. B.D. Weiss. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 2000. 81-92.
Brody H. “Can Relationships Heal—At a Reasonable Cost?” Philosophy and Medicine: Ethical Issues in Health Care on the Frontiers of the Twenty-First Century. S. Wear, J.J. Bono, G. Logue, A. McVoy . Great Britain: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000. 241-257.
Brody H., Rip M.R., Vinten-Johansen P., Paneth N., Rachman R. “Map-Making and Myth-Making in Broad Street: The London Cholera Epidemic, 1854.” The Lancet, 356 (2000): 64-68.
Brody H. “The Placebo Response: Recent Research and Implications for Family Medicine.” The Journal of Family Practice. 49.7 (2000): 649-654.
Brody H. “Placebo and Health: An Advances Forum.” Advances in Mind-Body Medicine. 16 (2000): 13-16.
Brown, Douglas. Consultant and editing assistant for "Assessing Patients' Spiritual Well-being", a training video for hospital caregivers produced by ENVISION, Inc. Nashville, TN. March 2000.
Elkins, Thomas; Brown, Douglas. “Ethics in gynecologic surgery.” In: Nichols, D. (ed.). Gynecologic, Obstetric, and Related Surgery. St. Louis: Mosby, 2000, pp. 190-96.
Holmes-Rovner, M.; Valade, D.; Orlowski, C.; Draus, C.; Nabozny-Valerio, B.; Keiser, S." Shared Decision-Making Programs in Fee-for-Service Environments: Implementation Barriers and Opportunities." Health Expect. 2000:3(3);182-191.
Miller F.G., H. Brody, K. C. Chung. “Cosmetic Surgery and the Internal Morality of Medicine.” Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics. 9 (2000): 353-364.
1999
Andre, Judith; Fleck, Leonard; Tomlinson, Tom. “Improving Our Aim.” Journal of Medicine and Philosophy. 1999 24(2), p 130-147.
Brody H. (Editorial). “The Biopsychosocial Model, Patient-Centered Care, and Culturally Sensitive Practice.” Journal of Family Practice. 48.8 (1999):585-587Brody H. “Health Plan Responsibilities for Medical Education and Research.” Ethical Challenges in Managed Care: A Casebook. K.G. Gervais, R. Priester, D.E. Vawter, K.K. Otte, M.M. Solberg. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 1999. 340-348.
Brody H., J.M. Rygwelski, M.D. Fetters. “Ethics at the Interface of Conventional and Complementary Medicine.” Essentials of Complementary and Alternative Medicine. W.B. Jonas, J.S. Levin. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 1999. 46-56.
Brody H. “Family and Community.” Patients and Doctors: Life-Changing Stories from Primary Care. J.M. Borkan, S. Reis, J.H. Medalie, D. Steinmetz. Madison, WI: The University of Wisconsin Press, 1999. 67-72.
Brody H., Vinten-Johansen P., Paneth N., Rip M.R. “John Snow Revisited: Getting a Handle on the Broad Street Pump.” The Pharos. 62.1 (1999): 2-8.
Brody H. “Commentary: What We Have Here, Is Failure to Communicate.” Journal of Medicine and Philosophy. 24.1 (1999): 28-33.
Brody H. (Editorial). “Kevorkian and Assisted Death in the United States.” BMJ, 318.7189 (1999): 953-954.
Fetters M.D., H. Brody. “The Epidemiology of Bioethics.” The Journal of Clinical Ethics. 10.2 (1999): 107-115.
Holmes-Rovner, Margaret; Rovner, D.; Kroll, J.; Rothert, M.; Padonu, G.; Talarczyk, G. "Patient Decision Support Intervention: Increased Consistency withDecision Analytic Models." Med Care. 1999;37(3):270-284.
O’Connor, A.M.; Rostom, A.; Fiset, V.; Tetroe, J.; Entwistle, V.; Llewellyn-Thomas, H.; Holmes-Rovner, M.; Barry, M.; Jones, J. "Decision Aids for Patients Facing Health Treatment or Screening Decisions: A Systematic Review." BMJ. 1999:319;731-734.
Thomason C., and H. Brody. “Inclusive Spirituality.” Journal of Family Practice. 48.2 (1999): 96-97.
Tomlinson, Tom. “Ethics Consultant: Problem Solver or Spiritual Counselor?” Human Studies. January 1999.
