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/category/uncategorized/ 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/2011/02/upcoming-web-video-chat-thingamabob/ http://www.peterubel.com/2011/02/upcoming-web-video-chat-thingamabob/#comments Thu, 24 Feb 2011 20:06:43 +0000 admin http://www.peterubel.com/?p=859 Here are some details on a live web chat I’m having on Friday.  Feel free to send in some fun questions. ]]> http://www.peterubel.com/2011/02/upcoming-web-video-chat-thingamabob/feed/ 0 http://www.peterubel.com/2011/01/peters-partisan-podcast-pretty-powerful-ah-i-ran-out-of-p-words/ http://www.peterubel.com/2011/01/peters-partisan-podcast-pretty-powerful-ah-i-ran-out-of-p-words/#comments Thu, 27 Jan 2011 19:34:35 +0000 admin http://www.peterubel.com/?p=801 Take a listen and let me know what you think. ]]> http://www.peterubel.com/2011/01/peters-partisan-podcast-pretty-powerful-ah-i-ran-out-of-p-words/feed/ 0 http://www.peterubel.com/2011/01/if-you-read-arabic/ http://www.peterubel.com/2011/01/if-you-read-arabic/#comments Tue, 25 Jan 2011 19:16:50 +0000 admin http://www.peterubel.com/?p=779 (Link) Maybe one of you can translate it for me? ]]> http://www.peterubel.com/2011/01/if-you-read-arabic/feed/ 0 http://www.peterubel.com/2010/03/rational-rationing-in-western-michigan/ http://www.peterubel.com/2010/03/rational-rationing-in-western-michigan/#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:03:12 +0000 caitweb http://www.peterubel.com/?p=719 See a nice TV news segment from Grand Rapids Michigan last night (March 8th), that followed up on a symposium on health care rationing, where Norm Daniels (one of my heros--a philosopher from Harvard) and I address the need to discuss how to set appropriate limits to contain health care costs. Click on my picture to link to the colloquy coverage. ]]> http://www.peterubel.com/2010/03/rational-rationing-in-western-michigan/feed/ 26