Bioethics for a Better World Season 2, Episode 7: A Case Study in Accompaniment and Illness

October 14, 2026

In this episode, Clinical Ethics and Health Justice Fellow Dr. Kimberly Vargas Barreto interviews ethicist Kayla Tabari about a deidentified clinical ethics case. Together they unpack the role of the advance directive, the surrogate, and the medical team when patients are not able to speak for themselves. Kimberly and Kayla use everyday ethics concepts to identify the strategies that clinicians can use in their therapeutic relationships to accompany patients and their families at end of life especially. To keep up with the podcast, please use the subscribe button above.

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