John Conley Contest Winners

Winning Essay of the 2017 John Conley Ethics Essay Contest

Matthew Traylor
Rutgers University, New Jersey
Should Family Be Permitted in a Trauma Bay?

Co-winning Artwork of the 2018 John Conley Art of Medicine Contest

Rohail Kumar, MD
Tulane University
Sofia's Story: The Sad Reality Behind a Humanitarian Crisis

Past Winners and Honorable Mentions

2017: The Crisis in Our Neighborhood

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

2012: Joey Knows Best? Balancing Conflicts and Defending a Child's Best Interest in Difficult Clinical Decisions

2012: Pediatric Assent in Clinical Research: A Patient-Centered Perspective Using Motivational Interviewing

2012: Keeping Joey at the Center of the Conversation: Ethical Considerations in a Challenging Pediatric Case

2011: Is Anything Wrong Here?

2011: The Purpose of a Medical School

2011: Social Engineering versus Medical Patriotism: What Flexner Can Teach Us about Solving the Primary Care Crisis

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