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Marjorie Shaw, J.D., Ph.D.

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Department of Health Humanities & Bioethics

Clinical Ethics

Medical Humanities Master's Program 

About Me

Marjorie Hodges Shaw, JD, PhD, MA, HEC-C, is an Associate Professor at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry and the Director of Clinical Bioethics at Strong Memorial Hospital. In this role, she teaches and conducts research at the intersection of law, health care, medical dec...
Marjorie Hodges Shaw, JD, PhD, MA, HEC-C, is an Associate Professor at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry and the Director of Clinical Bioethics at Strong Memorial Hospital. In this role, she teaches and conducts research at the intersection of law, health care, medical decision-making, and bioethics. Dr. Shaw also serves as Chair of the Strong Memorial Hospital Ethics Committee.

Her current research focuses on clinical ethics consultation, the integration of law and ethics in clinical education, and applied ethical decision-making in health care.

Before joining the University of Rochester, Dr. Shaw served as Judicial Administrator at Cornell University. She also co-founded and directed the Cornell University Computer Policy and Law Program, now known as the Cornell University Institute for Internet Culture, Policy, and Law.

Dr. Shaw earned her undergraduate degree from North Carolina State University in 1987, where she was inducted into the Golden Chain Senior Honor Society. She received her J.D. from Cornell University Law School (1991), her M.A. in Philosophy (2004), and her Ph.D. in Education (2011), both from the University of Rochester. She completed a Clinical Ethics Fellowship at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry in 2012 and earned her Healthcare Ethics Certification from ASBH in 2018.

Faculty Appointments

Associate Professor - Department of Health Humanities and Bioethics (SMD)

Credentials

Post-doctoral Training & Residency

Clinical Ethics Fellow, University of Rochester Strong Memorial Hospital 2010 - 2012

Education

PhD | University of Rochester. Education. 2011

MA | University of Rochester. Philosophy. 2004

JD | Cornell Law School. Law. 1991

BA | N Carolina St Univ at Raleigh. Political Science. 1987

Awards

Commencement Faculty Speaker. 2024

AOA Faculty Inductee. 2023

ICARE Excellence Award. 2023

ICARE Compassion Award. 2023

Faculty Marshall. 2022 - 2022

Editor's Choice, Exemplary Publication Resource. 2020

Susan B. Anthony Center, International Travel Award. 2019

The University of Rochester Educational IT Innovation Grant Award. 2019

Most special and important contribution to residency education. 2019

Paul M. Schyve Center for Bioethics, International Travel Award. 2018 - 2019

Innovation in Medical Education Award. 2016

A Source of Inspiration (Medical Education). 2016 - 2022

Publications

Journal Articles

Investigating Ethical Tradeoffs in Crisis Standards of Care through Simulation of Ventilator Allocation Protocols.

Herington J, Shand J, Holden-Wiltse J, Corbett A, Dees R, Ching CL, Shaw M, Cai X, Zand M

medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences.. 2024 March 13 Epub 03/13/2024.

Forum theatre for training residents to be allies.

O'Connor A.B.; Gorgone M.; Rizk N.; Gaughf C.; Gracey C.F.; Shaw M.H., Morgan, A.

Clin Teach. 2023; e13565.

Almagest Again? An Epistemological Critique of Nielsen Busch and Mjaaland.

Shaw, M. H., Nabaozny M.; Kaufman, D.

The American Journal of Bioethics. 2023; 23(2): 33-35.

Comment on Truog RD. The Uncertain Future of the Determination of Brain Death.

Shaw M.H.

JAMA. 2023; .

Motherhood as Vector for Sexism in Treatment Refusal Controversies. (PDF)

Streicher, S; and Shaw, M.H.

Penn Bioethics Journal. 2023; 119(2): 24-34.

Living and Letting Go in the ICU.

Shaw, M.H.

Pulse: voices from the heart of medicine. 2023; .

Is It Worth Knowing That You Might Die Tomorrow? Revisiting the Ethics of Prognosis Disclosure.

Nakazawa E, Yamamoto K, Ozeki-Hayashi R, Shaw MH, Akabayashi A

Clinics and practice.. 2022 October 412 (5):803-808. Epub 10/04/2022.

Who Makes the Choice: Ethical Considerations Regarding Instituting Breastfeeding in a Mother Who Has Compromised Mental Capacity.

Narang C, Rosen-Carole C, Miller RK, Perez-D'Gregorio R, Shaw MH, Schaffer S, Jee SH

Breastfeeding medicine : the official journal of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine.. 2021 August 16 (8):603-606. Epub 04/19/2021.

Will you give my kidney back? Organ restitution in living-related kidney transplantation: ethical analyses.

Nakazawa E, Yamamoto K, Akabayashi A, Shaw MH, Demme RA, Akabayashi A

Journal of medical ethics.. 2020 February 46 (2):144-150. Epub 09/19/2019.

Using 'Forum Theater' as a Teaching Tool to Combat Patient Bias Directed Toward Healthcare Professionals.

Rizk N.; Jones S.; Shaw M.H.; and Morgan A.

MedEdPORTAL. 2020; .

Managing the Patient's Request to Exclude Providers Based on Gender, Race, or Ethnicity: Discussion, Clinical Case Study, and Fetal Heart Rate Interpretation

Folch T.-A., Beatriz M.; Morgan, A.L.; Castle, K.A.; and Shaw M.H.

Peri-FACTS. 2020; .

The Legacy of Cruzan: Balancing the Moral Agency of Surrogates and the State.

Shaw M.H.; Quill T.; and Sussman B.L.

SMU Law Review. 2020; 179.

Management of the Patient with a Lethal Fetal Condition: Discussion, Clinical Case Study, and Fetal Heart Rate Interpretation

Huttler A.; Chiafery M.; and Shaw M.H.

Peri-FACTS. 2019; .

Reuse of cardiac organs in transplantation: an ethical analysis.

Nakazawa E, Maeda S, Yamamoto K, Akabayashi A, Uetake Y, Shaw MH, Demme RA, Akabayashi A

BMC medical ethics.. 2018 August 1719 (1):77. Epub 08/17/2018.

Legal and ethical issues surrounding the use of crowdsourcing among healthcare providers

Sims, Max; Shaw, Margie Hodges; Gilbertson, Seth; Storch, Joseph; and Halterman, Marc W.

Health Informatics Journal. 2018; .

The Medical Humanities Effect: A Pilot Study of Pre-Health Professions Students at the University of Rochester

Baker, Clayton J; Shaw, Margie Hodges; Mooney, Christopher; Daiss, Susan Dodge-Peters; Clark, Stephanie Brown.

Journal of Medical Humanities. 2017; .

Personal, Professional, and Practice: A Framework for Ethics Education

Shaw, M.H.; D'Angio, C.T.; and Dadiz, R.

NeoReviews. 2016; 17(2).

Maternal Request for Premature Delivery: A Case Presentation and Ethical Analyses Case

Shaw M.H.; Sussman B.L.

Peri-FACTS. 2014; .

Commentaries on Good Reasons?

Chiafery, M.; Shaw M. H.

Annals of Behavioral Science and Medical Education. 2013; 19(2): 28-33.

Nursing Ethics Huddles to Decrease Distress Among Nurses in the Intensive Care Unit

Chiafery, Marianne C.; Hopkins, Patrick; Norton, Sally A.; and Shaw, Margie Hodges.

The Journal of Clinical Ethics. 29(3).

Disability & Medical Decision Making: the State Interest in Preserving Life as a Source of Bias. (PDF)

Streicher, S*; Shaw, M.H.

Penn Bioethics Journal. 19(1): 11-19.

The Ethics of Implementing Emergency Resource Allocation Protocols

Dees R.; Herington, J.; Shand, J.; D'Angio, C.; Chiafrey, M.; Ching, C.; Shaw, M.H.

Journal of Clinical Ethics. 34(1): 58-68.

The Ethical Acceptability of a Recipient's Choice of Donor in Directed and Nondirected Transplantation: Japanese Perspective.

Nakazawa E.; Shaw M.H.; Akabayashi A.

Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics. 32(2): 216-221.

Books

Professional, Ethical, Legal, and Educational Lessons in Medicine (2023)

Chapter: The Patient's Bill of Rights and Discrimination Against Healthcare Providers

Authors: Allen, Ebony R. and Shaw M.H.

Publisher: Oxford University Press, New York 2023

The Reflector (2021)

Authors: Battaglia J.; Shaw M.H.; Daiss S.D.P.; Gdowski M.

Publisher: Boydell & Brewer, Inc. 2021

The Medical-Legal Aspects of Acute Care Medicine. (2020)

Chapter: Traditional and Applied Clinical Ethics: Contemporary and Evolving Challenges

Authors: Shaw M.H. Chiafery M. and Kaufman, D.C.

Publisher: Springer Nature, Switzerland 2020

Adult Critical Care Medicine: A Casebook (2019)

Chapter: Brain Death

Authors: Shaw, Margie Hodges and David Kaufman C.

Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland 2019

Guidelines for Geriatric Rehabilitation: From Bedside to Curbside (2017)

Chapter: Ethical Issues in Older Adults

Authors: Demme, R., Sussman, B.L., and Shaw, M.H.

Publisher: CRC Press, Rica Raton, Florida 2017

The Behavioral Sciences and Health Care (2017)

Chapter: Moral, Ethical, and Legal Issues in Patient Care

Authors: Shaw, M.H

Publisher: Hogrefe Publishing, Ashland, Ohio 2017

Using Technology to Promote Student Learning: Opportunities for Today and Tomorrow (1997)

Chapter: Legal, Ethical, and Policy Issues

Authors: Petersen R.J. and Hodges M.W

Publisher: Jossey-Bass, San Francisco 1997

Critical Issues in Judicial Affairs: Current Trends in Practice (1996)

Chapter: First Amendment Issues in Judicial Affairs

Authors: Hodges M.W

Publisher: Jossey-Bass, San Francisco 1996