Lisa Kay Anderson-Shaw
Director, UIC Clinical Ethics Consult Service; and Assistant Clinical Professor, UIC School of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago
Chapter Member: Chicagoland SSN
Areas of Expertise:
- Health Care
- Social Issues
- Education
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Contributions
How to Protect Vulnerable Patients Admitted to Hospitals without Legal Guardians
SSN Key Findings Brief,
No Jargon Podcast
In the News
Publications
"The Fiction of Futility: What to Do with Policy?" (with ). HEC Forum 17, no. 4 (2005): 294-307.
Addresses the topic of medical futility as fiction in light of legislation, policy, and practice.
"Evidence-Based Practice and Policy: ACGME Resident Duty Hours — More Harm than Help" (with ). The American Journal of Politics 16, no. 9 (2016): 20-22.
Argues that the work-hour restrictions, especially during the overnight hours, hinder critical educational needs of the resident physician due to the lack of important follow-up patient information.
"Ethical Issues in Liver Transplantation" (with ). UpToDate (2015).
Discusses the ethics of liver transplantation and donor organs.