Winning Essay of the 2017 John Conley Ethics Essay Contest
Matthew Traylor
Rutgers University, New Jersey
Should Family Be Permitted in a Trauma Bay?
Winning Artwork of the 2017 John Conley Art of Medicine Contest
Jason Bitterman
Florida Atlantic University
The Crisis in Our Neighborhood
Past Winners and Honorable Mentions
2016: Do Physicians Have an Ethical Duty to Repair Relationships with So-Called “Difficult” Patients?
2015: Can Social Media Help Increase the Organ Supply While Avoiding Exploitation and Trafficking?
2014: Redefining Professionalism in an Era of Residency Work-Hour Limitations
2013: Medicine's Authority to Advocate: Responsibilities and Limitations
2013: The Challenge of Physician Civic Engagement: Promoting Health While Preserving Public Trust
2011: Is Anything Wrong Here?
2011: The Purpose of a Medical School
2011: Incentives for Medical School Students to Practice in Rural Areas through the Lens of John Rawls
2011: Stuffing Mouths with Gold: Equitable Solutions to the Primary Care Physician Shortage
2010: Social (Networking) Justice
2010: Social Roles and Semi-Public Spaces on the Internet: The Case of Jason and Emily
2010: Jason's Journal: Thoughts of an Ethically Conflicted Medical Student
2009: Justice in Medicine: Conscience Must Not Undermine Patients' Automomy and Access to Care
2009: Applying the Concept of Judicious Dissent in Matters of Conscience
2008: First Do Not Punish: Individual Incentives in Health Policy
2008: Looking after Our Own: The Ethical Implications of Financial Penalties for Patients, Physicians, and Health
2008: Billing the Victim: The Retooling of Endemic Poverty as "Lifestyle Choice"
2008: To Praise or to Punish?: Promoting Healthy Behavior the Right Way
2007: On the Road: A Physician's Response to a Call for Voluntary Service
2007: Physicians in Times of Emergency: Making the Ethical Choice
2007: Re: flu (e-mails to Memphis)
2007: Physicians, Epidemics, and the Duty to Treat
2006: Distributing Drug Samples in a Free Clinic: a Personal or Policy Decision?
2004: "Trust Me, I'm a Doctor"
2003: The Dilemma of Confidentiality in Huntington Disease
2003: Between a Rock and a Hard Place
2002: Beatrice's Choice
2001: Medical Students and Remediation of Error
2000: Baby Jose
2000: Making Mortal Decisions at the Beginning of Life: The Case of Impaired and Imperiled Infants
1999: Community Considerations: The Many Effects of Miscoding
1999: Serving Two Masters: Medical Practice vs Administrative Ethics
1998: Prescription for Prophecy: Confronting the Ambiguity of Susceptibility Testing
1998: In the Same Boat
1998: Indecision