Elisheva Nemetz
Elisheva Nemetz is a bioethicist and medical student.
Education
The senior medical student is hours into her on-call shift on her surgical rotation. She's been up since four, exhausted, and can't remember if she had eaten anything since breakfast. The staff surgeon on call "pimps" her on surgical anatomy,…
The senior medical student is hours into her on-call shift on her surgical rotation. She’s been up since four, exhausted, and can’t remember if she had eaten anything since breakfast. The staff surgeon on call “pimps” her on surgical anatomy, pointing at the various arteries and veins in the patient lying in front of them on the operating table. The student has difficulty remembering the various arteries and nerves while …
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Shame as an unethical teaching tool
Physicians
I am a surgeon, mother, daughter, researcher, and ethicist. These multiple roles dancing together to a more discordant tune amid this unprecedented time. The "daughter" has managed to convince her ageing parents that they really ought to not leave the…
I am a surgeon, mother, daughter, researcher, and ethicist. These multiple roles dancing together to a more discordant tune amid this unprecedented time. The “daughter” has managed to convince her ageing parents that they really ought to not leave the house and that she will step in to accommodate their needs. Simultaneously, the “surgeon” is surprised when her 80-year-old mother, Layla, relays that she received a phone call telling her
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