https://www.alessandracolaianni.com/academic-work-gallery daily 0.75 2019-04-21 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca3935a7a1fbd7f2e78b2f4/t/5cbcb60cee6eb039cefb527c/1555871224740/ selected academic work - A long shadow: Nazi doctors, moral vulnerability, and contemporary medical culture The participation of physicians in torture and murder both before and after World War II is a disturbing legacy seldom discussed in medical school, and underrecognised in contemporary medicine. Is there something inherent in being a physician that promotes a transition from healer to murderer? With this historical background in mind, the author, a medical student, defines and reflects upon moral vulnerabilities still endemic to contemporary medical culture. Published in the Journal of Medical Ethics. link here (free access). https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca3935a7a1fbd7f2e78b2f4/5ca3f9f70d929785596e57f9/5ca4fd829140b7bfee8eeb35/1555871224740/IMG_9082.JPG selected academic work - A long shadow: Nazi doctors, moral vulnerability, and contemporary medical culture The participation of physicians in torture and murder both before and after World War II is a disturbing legacy seldom discussed in medical school, and underrecognised in contemporary medicine. Is there something inherent in being a physician that promotes a transition from healer to murderer? With this historical background in mind, the author, a medical student, defines and reflects upon moral vulnerabilities still endemic to contemporary medical culture. Published in the Journal of Medical Ethics. link here (free access). https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca3935a7a1fbd7f2e78b2f4/5ca3f9f70d929785596e57f9/5ca4fda50d9297e2f8adbbc2/1555871231447/94E2C520-1D3F-4AE1-9D09-2CCAA6E97CEE.jpeg selected academic work - Moral distress amongst American physicians regarding futile treatments at the end of life Ethical challenges are common in end of life care; the uncertainty of prognosis and the ethically permissible boundaries of treatment create confusion and conflict about the balance between benefits and burdens experienced by patients, published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine. Free PMC article, link here. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca3935a7a1fbd7f2e78b2f4/5ca3f9f70d929785596e57f9/5ca500c97817f701a5d86139/1555871239123/99EF014E-1D26-439E-8784-E88ED8C800BE.jpeg selected academic work - Cultural influence on do-not-resuscitate decision making Institutional cultures and policies might influence how physician trainees develop their professional attitudes toward autonomy and their willingness to make recommendations regarding the decision to implement a DNR order. A singular focus on autonomy might inadvertently undermine patient care by depriving patients and surrogates of the professional guidance needed to make critical end of life decisions. Published in JAMA Internal Medicine. Link here (there is a paywall, please contact me for reprints) https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca3935a7a1fbd7f2e78b2f4/5ca3f9f70d929785596e57f9/5ca4fd92a4222fe0276a426c/1555871244872/0420026D-442F-4885-B84F-227A13E5835D.jpeg selected academic work - Impact of gene patents and licensing practices on access to genetic testing Comparative case study of the patenting and licensing of the genes responsible for Tay-Sachs and Canavan disease, published in Genetics in Medicine - Nature. Open access article, link here. https://www.alessandracolaianni.com/essay-gallery daily 0.75 2024-01-29 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca3935a7a1fbd7f2e78b2f4/t/65b7e3eb6c77b533d3cd4be8/1706550251853/ essay gallery - nip & luck excerpted September 2023, Harper’s Magazine. link here https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca3935a7a1fbd7f2e78b2f4/5ca3bd5cf9619aff702ad6c0/65b7e3627bacb41672727968/1706550251853/ essay gallery - nip & luck excerpted September 2023, Harper’s Magazine. link here https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca3935a7a1fbd7f2e78b2f4/5ca3bd5cf9619aff702ad6c0/648944011cacda6188b7049c/1686717639542/ essay gallery - omens published June 2023 in VQR. link here. pdf here. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca3935a7a1fbd7f2e78b2f4/5ca3bd5cf9619aff702ad6c0/6489439b8fffce21a4639a86/1686717435900/ essay gallery - insensible loss published Nov 29, 2022 in Guernica. link here https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca3935a7a1fbd7f2e78b2f4/5ca3bd5cf9619aff702ad6c0/61eee584421e5928f47591cc/1643046499925/ essay gallery - lens link here, pdf here. Published January 20, 2022 in The New England Journal of Medicine. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca3935a7a1fbd7f2e78b2f4/5ca3bd5cf9619aff702ad6c0/5ea056077d3ecb4c270b7cc4/1632494871193/ essay gallery - postponed link here. Published April 22, 2020 in The New Yorker online https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca3935a7a1fbd7f2e78b2f4/5ca3bd5cf9619aff702ad6c0/5e343dc1fb38da4ec9748564/1580482295068/Operating+with+Shrime.jpg essay gallery - fun link here, PDF here. Published January 30, 2020 in the New England Journal of Medicine. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca3935a7a1fbd7f2e78b2f4/5ca3bd5cf9619aff702ad6c0/5e343f66e051ef5d567eb737/1580482733812/ essay gallery - good intentions link and free PDF here. Published December 2019 in Ars Medica. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca3935a7a1fbd7f2e78b2f4/5ca3bd5cf9619aff702ad6c0/5d2db2e78625f60001f216c9/1563276344917/ essay gallery - awake PDF here. Published in July 2019 in The Examined Life Journal. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca3935a7a1fbd7f2e78b2f4/5ca3bd5cf9619aff702ad6c0/5cd56397e4966b6d2390b324/1557488612573/ essay gallery - skin link here. Published May 10, 2019 in The New York Times. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca3935a7a1fbd7f2e78b2f4/5ca3bd5cf9619aff702ad6c0/5cb6dfbf4785d3b51a11d5b7/1555872819079/IMG_3067.JPG essay gallery - casting link here. pdf here. Published April 16, 2019 in the Journal of the American Medical Association. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca3935a7a1fbd7f2e78b2f4/5ca3bd5cf9619aff702ad6c0/5ca3bd7415fcc0dfbdda1da1/1565372792561/C8B2D9B7-1CA7-4FF1-A2F7-E1C8F8111F48.jpeg essay gallery - informed Link here. Published March 21, 2019, in the New England Journal of Medicine. Featured in “Quotidian Quandaries” essay collection. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca3935a7a1fbd7f2e78b2f4/5ca3bd5cf9619aff702ad6c0/5ca3be4e39259b00013e6a31/1629814578020/E3179746-F33E-451C-BF24-E130617E636F.jpeg essay gallery - terra nova Link here. PDF here. Published November 8, 2018, in the New England Journal of Medicine. Featured in “Learning Curves” NEJM essay collection. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca3935a7a1fbd7f2e78b2f4/5ca3bd5cf9619aff702ad6c0/5ca3be7808522972c58b84e1/1555871059720/D731E50E-C90D-4C0F-88A4-8151E9BE0A49.jpeg essay gallery - the show Link here. PDF here. Published in March 2019, Ars Medica. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca3935a7a1fbd7f2e78b2f4/5ca3bd5cf9619aff702ad6c0/5ca3cade9140b77d7cf7c440/1557489136817/68C692AB-5BC6-4BD9-818A-6B903C7AC02B.jpeg essay gallery - requiem Link here. Published August 1, 2018, in Hobart: Another Literary Journal. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca3935a7a1fbd7f2e78b2f4/5ca3bd5cf9619aff702ad6c0/5ca6d085c2dba57e325d1d53/1554435336366/ essay gallery - informed During my intern year, consenting a patient for surgery didn’t go as planned, raising questions about the way that trainees are taught this skill (or not). Link here. Published March 21, 2019, in the New England Journal of Medicine. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca3935a7a1fbd7f2e78b2f4/5ca3bd5cf9619aff702ad6c0/5ca3c8d671c10b44b4c3c4ea/1557489136759/80B5313F-6D1E-463E-A707-9C6C70E768BA.jpeg essay gallery - big exit Link here. Published June 2018, in Pulse: Voices from the Heart of Medicine https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca3935a7a1fbd7f2e78b2f4/5ca3bd5cf9619aff702ad6c0/5ca3ca0ab208fcec48821413/1563275994994/39D2BDEF-E09F-410D-8BFD-D8A1AA25B348.jpeg essay gallery - the language of medicine Link here. PDF here. Published July 17, 2012, in the Annals of Internal Medicine. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca3935a7a1fbd7f2e78b2f4/5ca3bd5cf9619aff702ad6c0/5e3deaf7d670677eae2ef9d4/1643046450005/ essay gallery - up for yes link and free PDF here. Published November 2014 in the Journal of General Internal Medicine. https://www.alessandracolaianni.com/contact daily 0.75 2019-05-10 https://www.alessandracolaianni.com/read daily 0.75 2019-04-03 https://www.alessandracolaianni.com/about daily 1.0 2024-01-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca3935a7a1fbd7f2e78b2f4/3c04108e-8c2f-4420-a721-d13caa800054/IMG_6059.jpg About Alessandra Colaianni MD, MPhil is a writer and an otolaryngologist-head and neck surgeon who specializes in the treatment of patients with head and neck cancer. Using creative nonfiction essay, she explores the worlds of surgical training, medical ethics, medical education, and illness. 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