Aimee Milliken PhD, RN
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Nurse. Ethicist. Educator. Mom. (She/her)
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Trying something new - check out my Substack, Bioethics Basics, where I break down complex concepts in bioethics for the busy point-of-care clinician. Let me know what you think!
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Bioethics Basics | Aimee Milliken, PhD, RN | Substack
Breaking down key concepts in bioethics for healthcare professionals. Click to read Bioethics Basics, by Aimee Milliken, PhD, RN, a Substack publication. Launched 3 hours ago.
https://open.substack.com/pub/aimeemilliken
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This week, I cover surrogate decision-making and the standards we use in deciding for others. Check it out:
aimeemilliken.substack.com/p/surrogate-...
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Surrogate Decision-Making
Deciding for others
https://aimeemilliken.substack.com/p/surrogate-decision-making
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Sara Brinton
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I am a student at Brown in communication with a friend at RIBC. There is an urgent need for blood donations to support RI. Donations in NY, NJ, MN, NB, DE or NJ can help supply RI. Spread the word.
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Trying something new - check out my Substack, Bioethics Basics, where I break down complex concepts in bioethics for the busy point-of-care clinician. Let me know what you think!
open.substack.com/pub/aimeemil...
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Bioethics Basics | Aimee Milliken, PhD, RN | Substack
Breaking down key concepts in bioethics for healthcare professionals. Click to read Bioethics Basics, by Aimee Milliken, PhD, RN, a Substack publication. Launched 3 hours ago.
https://open.substack.com/pub/aimeemilliken
about 1 month ago
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It will also likely disincentivize folks from pursuing nursing at the Bachelors degree level - the possibility of career advancement through graduate studies is something that draws many people into nursing in the first place.
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Steve Joffe
3 months ago
1/ Thrilled to announce that
@pennmehp.bsky.social
is recruiting for our NHGRI-funded postdoctoral fellowship in the ethical, legal, and social implications (ELSI) of genomics. Please share widely. Details at
medicalethicshealthpolicy.med.upenn.edu/elsipostdoc
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Penn Medical Ethics and Health Policy | ELSI Genomics Postdoctoral Training Program
About the Fellowship The mission of the 3-year Penn Postdoctoral Training Program in the Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) of Genetics and Genomics, supported by a training grant from...
https://medicalethicshealthpolicy.med.upenn.edu/elsipostdoc
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For years we’ve struggled to increase public conversation about end of life care and advance directives. The Pitt may just be showing us the model for how to do it. Viewers were more likely to seek/share information about organ donation and EOL care. This is accessible ethics education in action!
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'The Pitt' Motivates Viewers to Become Organ Donors and Plan End-of-Life Affairs Study Finds
“'The Pitt’s' success is a powerful reminder that stories can prioritize accuracy," USC Research Director Erica Rosenthal shares.
https://www.thewrap.com/the-pitt-usc-study-organ-donors-end-of-life-plans/
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Remembering the relief we felt when my then 6 month old was finally old enough to receive his first dose in 2021, and the way we navigated the world with such care before that point.
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Shaker masterfully weaves her own lived experience with a wide range of cutting-edge research to tell a story that is undeniably familiar yet also refreshingly unique. With an evocative title and powerful prose, this book is a must read for anyone who has or knows someone who has dealt with anxiety.
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The Narrowing: A Journey Through Anxiety and the Body
An exploration of the connection between anxiety and the body by a clinical psychologist, drawing from the latest research alongside historical and cultural insights, arguing that only through underst...
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-narrowing-alexandra-shaker-phd/1146346912
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Housing first
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Shaker masterfully weaves her own lived experience with a wide range of cutting-edge research to tell a story that is undeniably familiar yet also refreshingly unique. With an evocative title and powerful prose, this book is a must read for anyone who has or knows someone who has dealt with anxiety.
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The Narrowing: A Journey Through Anxiety and the Body
An exploration of the connection between anxiety and the body by a clinical psychologist, drawing from the latest research alongside historical and cultural insights, arguing that only through underst...
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-narrowing-alexandra-shaker-phd/1146346912
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Aimee Milliken PhD, RN
Ethics of Caring
11 months ago
Read Dr. Milliken's full speaker spotlight here:
ethicsofcaring.org/2025-speaker-spotlights/#AimeeMilliken
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#nursing
#ethics
#nursingethics
#clinicalethics
#socialworkers
#socialwork
#casemanagement
#hospitalchaplain
#chaplain#ethicsofcaring
#NNEC2025
#nurseleaders
#oncologynurses
#palliativecare
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Journal of Pediatric Ethics
11 months ago
Amazing speaker and opportunity for reflection.
@abmilliken.bsky.social
Will be giving the keynote for day 2
#nursesky
#careethics
#ethics
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Join us in LA this March!
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Ethics of Caring - National Nursing Ethics Conference on LinkedIn: #nursing #ethics #nursingethics #clinicalethics #socialworkers #socialwork…
“We can’t underestimate the power of storytelling…stories have a way of speaking to the humanity within each of us and can help remind us of the humanity in…
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ethics-of-caring_nursing-ethics-nursingethics-activity-7290588573689368578-mCyY?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios
11 months ago
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Gabriela Arguedas
about 1 year ago
#Bioethics
Hello everyone! I'm looking for papers addressing the ethical duties that emerge when unexpected environmental emergencies happen in a research site, while we are in the middle of a clinical / biomedical research
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Gregg D Caruso
about 1 year ago
The Waide Center for Applied Ethics now has its own YouTube playlist with videos from its seminar series. Currently there are videos featuring talks by Elizabeth Anderson, Jeffrey Moriarty, and Marion Hourdequin. More on the way.
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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Waide Center for Applied Ethics - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqEW8Ktbvf0d31Xj8TnDYp9ZHchGZ-mVz
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Keisha Ray
about 1 year ago
Friends, I am no longer accepting essays for Bioethics Today via email. Please use the website to submit so we can follow protocol and you can answer some basic questions about your submission.
bioethicstoday.org/submit-guest...
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Submit a Blog Post - Bioethics Today
Publish a blog post on the Bioethics Today website
https://bioethicstoday.org/submit-guest-blog-post/
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Jeremy Snyder
about 1 year ago
The bioethics/applied health ethics/public health ethics starter pack is full (150 people!). Rather than removing less active folks or gatekeeping I'll start another one - so keep letting me know if you're interested in being listed or see anyone who should be added.
go.bsky.app/ERXDCeB
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Maxwell Smith, PhD
about 1 year ago
Disability Justice in Public Health Emergencies Just published, edited by
@joelmreynolds.bsky.social
and Mercer Gary with many terrific contributors
www.routledge.com/Disability-J...
Ordered my copy today and looking forward to reading it!
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Disability Justice in Public Health Emergencies
Disability Justice in Public Health Emergencies is the first book to highlight contributions from critical disability scholarship to the fields of public health ethics and disaster ethics. It takes up...
https://www.routledge.com/Disability-Justice-in-Public-Health-Emergencies/Reynolds-Gary/p/book/9781032820330
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Housing is healthcare
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about 1 year ago
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Tim Lahey
about 1 year ago
I created a small but mighty starter pack of clinical ethics people. Happy to add more. Who am I missing?
#ClinicalEthics
#bioethics
#hec-c
#MedicalEthics
go.bsky.app/DEnw5Qn
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Daniel S. Goldberg
about 1 year ago
#3 is esp important from a distributional perspective, as it comports w/ the notion of a (Rosean) Whole Population Approach. Whole Pop interventions tend more to meet the twin aims of
#HealthJustice
(improving overall health & compressing health inequalities). Reduce stigma risks, too.
#PHEthx
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Such a pleasure speaking at
@umassboston.bsky.social
last week for Boston Medical Center’s inaugural Nursing Ethics Conference. My talk focused on cultivating moral community as a mechanism for addressing moral distress. Conferences like this are a great example of community building!
about 1 year ago
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Daniel S. Goldberg
about 1 year ago
In particular, I'd like to highlight this excerpt, as it speaks to a foundational concept in public health ethics: Twin aims models of
#Justice
. Ethically optimal public health interventions should maximize two goals: improvement of overall pop health, and compression of health inequalities. 1/
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Gabriel Bosslet
about 1 year ago
#PCCMSky
Update Up to 95 members Repost so those new to this place can populate their following list with good PCCM people Reply if you are not on this list and should be
go.bsky.app/88wg6oG
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WHO
about 1 year ago
Hello
@bsky.app
family!
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Kyle Swanson, MD, FAANS, FCNS
about 1 year ago
A very useful article on words/phrases to avoid and alternatives to use with patients
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Huge policy update! Mass. joins the nursing licensure compact.
www.mhalink.org/news/massach...
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Massachusetts Hospitals, Nursing Leaders Celebrate Passage of Nurse Licensure Compact - Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association
Massachusetts joins 41 states and jurisdictions in multistate licensure agreement to expand workforce and access to care.
https://www.mhalink.org/news/massachusetts-hospitals-nursing-leaders-celebrate-passage-of-nurse-licensure-compact/
about 1 year ago
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Travis Gibson
about 1 year ago
Happening in 20 Minutes this talk will cover their EVO model which was published in Science this week and made the cover
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Richard Ferro, MD
about 1 year ago
The day has just started and we're likely going to have the highest number of labeled accounts added from
@medsky.social
today! Tell your
#Medsky
colleagues to get their labels!
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NurseSky starter pack! Thanks
@nursekelsey.bsky.social
!
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about 1 year ago
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Kyle Swanson, MD, FAANS, FCNS
about 1 year ago
Looking for medical professionals to follow?
#medsky
🩺 Round 1
go.bsky.app/Qg2TA9p
Round 2
go.bsky.app/9ziyYqt
Round 3
go.bsky.app/9WQtZh6
Feel free to let me know others to add and they will be added to the third (until it maxes out at 150)
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Our recent study about everyday ethics, covered in Med Ethics Advisor. Check it out:
www.reliasmedia.com/articles/bio...
#medsky
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Bioethicists Identify Essential ‘Everyday Ethics’ Skills for…
In this article we cover Bioethicists Identify Essential ‘Everyday Ethics’ Skills for Clinicians. Stay up to date on the latest in healthcare news and…
https://www.reliasmedia.com/articles/bioethicists-identify-essential-everyday-ethics-skills-for-clinicians
about 1 year ago
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Elizabeth Lanphier
about 1 year ago
Want a quick view of recent works in feminist bioethics? Here is a blog post about the latest issue of the International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics. Lots on abortion, assisted reproduction, and microaggressions in medicine, among other timely topics. 🧭
www.ijfab.org/blog/2024/11...
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New Issue of IJFAB: Vol. 17 No. 2 | IJFAB Blog
http://www.ijfab.org/blog/2024/11/new-issue-of-ijfab-vol-17-no-2/
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Megan Ranney MD MPH
about 1 year ago
Hi!!! I am SO EXCITED to see so many new
#medsky
and
#publichealth
folks (& health-interested folks) here. Please introduce yourself to the rest of us. 🛟🩺📊🧪 This is a pretty great community and it is getting more robust by the day.
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Jeremy Snyder
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If you'd like to be in this starter pack, just let me know. Also, please tell me if I've missed anyone, especially folks from historically underrepresented groups in bioethics and public health ethics.
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Chad D. Kollas, MD, FACP, FAAHPM
about 1 year ago
Today the AMA House of delegates passed a resolution that supports state and federal efforts to provide subsidies for undocumented immigrants to purchase health insurance, including by extending eligibility for premium tax credits and cost-sharing reductions to purchase ACA plans.
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Fatima Laff MD Msc
about 1 year ago
🙌🏽 Hi Aimee. I'm a geneticist and really interested in bioethics of genetic and genomic solutions for patients, particularly peds. I am an IRB member as well, trying my best to make our processes more accessible to research participants. Looking forward to connecting, learning, advocating 🌱
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Jeremy Snyder
about 1 year ago
I'm a philosopher working in public health ethics at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, Canada. Recently, I've written about ethics in health-related philanthropy (e.g., crowdfunding) and exploitation. If you see anyone to add on the bioethics starter pack, let me know!
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Rachel Fabi Ph.D.
about 1 year ago
Hi! I’m a public health ethicist who works on immigrant health policy (among other things!). Also a good follow if you like crossword puzzles 🤓
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Jeremy Snyder
about 1 year ago
I just set up a starter pack for bioethics/applied health ethics/public health ethics. I'm sure I've missed a ton of people, so let me know if you'd like to be included.
go.bsky.app/HQVYom8
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Bioethics roll call! Introduce yourself here and I’ll create a starter pack ⬇️
#medsky
about 1 year ago
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Shematologist, MD
about 1 year ago
THE tweetorial guru has arrived 👇🏽
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Christian Sinclair, MD
about 1 year ago
Sharing my updated
#Hospice
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#PalliativeCare
list. If you are not on there please let me know.
#hapc
#palliative
#medsky
I also have a starter pack and How to Bluesky pinned in my profile.
bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Guess it’s time to repost this! Hi, Bluesky!
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“Private equity acquisition of hospitals, on average, was associated with increased hospital-acquired adverse events despite a likely lower-risk pool of admitted Medicare beneficiaries, suggesting poorer quality of inpatient care.”
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Hospital Adverse Events and Patient Outcomes Associated With Private Equity Acquisition
This observation study examines changes in hospital-acquired adverse events (or conditions) and hospitalization outcomes associated with private equity acquisit
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2813379
about 2 years ago
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A real pleasure presenting the keynote address last weekend at the RI & SE Mass. chapter of the Oncology Nursing Society. Wonderful opportunity to discuss moral distress and burnout. I especially appreciated the festive setup!
about 2 years ago
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New paper alert! Pam Grace and I explore distinctions in titles: nurse ethicist versus nurse & ethicist.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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A semantic exploration: Nurse ethicist, medical ethicist, or clinical ethicist: Do distinctions matt...
Since the 1960s, it has been recognized that “medical ethics,” the area of inquiry about the obligations of practitioners of medicine, is inadequate for capturi...
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/09697330221146251
about 2 years ago
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Nursing/philosophy friends - check it out! Registration here:
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about 2 years ago
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In case there was any question re: gun violence as a public health issue: Pedi survivors experienced: -117 % ⬆️ in pain disorders -68 % ⬆️ in psych disorders -144 % ⬆️ in SUD Parents/families of survivors: -17.1 fold ⬆️ in HC spending -30% ⬆️ in psych dx (1 yr post injury, relative to controls)
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https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10.1377/hlthaff.2023.00587
about 2 years ago
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Rebecca Sear
about 2 years ago
Researchers revolt against weekend conferences: "Parents are pushing for employers to respect family time and keep meetings strictly to working hours"
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Researchers revolt against weekend conferences
Parents are pushing for employers to respect family time and keep meetings strictly to working hours. Parents are pushing for employers to respect family time and keep meetings strictly to working hou...
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03430-7
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