Dr. Kristin Collier joins Dr. Mike Hart to discuss the ethical, cultural, and technological forces reshaping modern medicine. Reflecting on the 2022 white coat speech walkout, she explores viewpoint diversity, self-censorship, moral courage, and the importance of cultivating wisdom alongside technical skill in medical education. The conversation also examines physician-assisted suicide, its relationship to suicide prevention, mental illness, disability, chronic disease, palliative care, healthcare funding, and the protection of vulnerable patients. They also discuss the promise and risks of artificial intelligence in medicine, including concerns about weakened clinical reasoning and the loss of person-to-person care, as well as spirituality, meaning, reproductive ethics, IVF, abortion, and human dignity.
Dr. Kristin Collier is a physician, medical educator, and bioethics scholar whose work focuses on medical education, spirituality in healthcare, human dignity, and the moral responsibilities of physicians. Drawing from her experience teaching future doctors and caring for patients, she examines how wisdom, compassion, intellectual freedom, and ethical reflection can help medicine remain both scientifically rigorous and deeply human.
Truth Matters — Robert P. George and Cornel West
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Truth-Matters/Robert-P-George/9798888451700
The Age of Feelings: Recovering the Truth
https://robertpgeorge.com/articles/the-age-of-feelings-recovering-the-truth/
Meditations — Marcus Aurelius
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2680
Medical Wisdom with Kristin Collier
https://community.hippsoc.org/podcasts/the-hippocratic-society-podcast/episodes/2149039113
Moral Diversity for Medical Trainees
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39247933/
Moral Diversity for Medical Trainees — DOI
https://doi.org/10.1353/pbm.2024.a936219
Professionalism in Modern Medicine: Does the Emperor Have Any Clothes?
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17198290/
The Patient as a Person — Abraham Joshua Heschel
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30411181/
Physician-Assisted Suicide Isn't Healthcare
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/free-expression/physician-assisted-suicide-isnt-healthcare-0a9141c6
AMA Code of Medical Ethics — Physician-Assisted Suicide
https://code-medical-ethics.ama-assn.org/ethics-opinions/physician-assisted-suicide
AMA Report on Assisted-Suicide Terminology
https://councilreports.ama-assn.org/councilreports/downloadreport?uri=%2Fcouncilreports%2FA_25_ceja_report_3.pdf
AMA Physician-Assisted Suicide Report
https://www.ama-assn.org/system/files/2019-05/a19-ceja2.pdf
Stephanie Packer's Story
https://patientsrightsaction.org/stephanie-packer/
Oregon Death With Dignity Act Reports
https://www.oregon.gov/oha/ph/providerpartnerresources/evaluationresearch/deathwithdignityact/pages/ar-index.aspx
Oregon Death With Dignity Act 2025 Report
https://www.oregon.gov/oha/PH/PROVIDERPARTNERRESOURCES/EVALUATIONRESEARCH/DEATHWITHDIGNITYACT/Documents/year28.pdf
The Death Treatment — Rachel Aviv
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/06/22/the-death-treatment
Canadian MAID Public-Opinion Survey
https://researchco.ca/2023/05/05/maid-canada-2023/
Health Canada Annual MAID Report
https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/publications/health-system-services/annual-report-medical-assistance-dying-2024.html
Physician-Assisted Suicide and MAID Debate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhT2eLrTq_Y
In Vitro Fertilization: A Good End by Bad Means
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41909105/
In Vitro Fertilization Article — DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/00243639261421221
Roe v. Wade
https://www.oyez.org/cases/1971/70-18
Kristin Collier — University of Michigan
https://medschool.umich.edu/profile/4378/kristin-m-collier
Kristin Collier X / Twitter
https://x.com/HSRDirector
Kristin Collier — PubMed Publications
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Kristin+M+Collier%5BAuthor%5D
Kristin Collier — Google Scholar
https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22Kristin+M.+Collier%22
Kristin Collier — Apple Podcasts
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/search?term=Kristin%20Collier
Show Notes
00:00 Welcome to the Hart2Heart Podcast
01:44 Patients React to Intolerance
04:14 Cancel Culture in Medicine
08:05 Private Support and Fear
09:22 Moral Courage in Academia
11:17 Courage Versus Conformity
13:30 Why Medicine Needs Wisdom
16:45 Viewpoint Diversity in Training
22:29 Stoicism and Detached Concern
25:36 Physician Assisted Suicide Debate
29:51 Is It Ever Compassionate
31:49 Hard Cases and Suffering Care
32:20 Compassion Beyond Killing
33:09 Why People Request MAID
33:56 Suicide Prevention Paradox
37:00 Mental Illness and Euthanasia
40:02 Psychedelics Versus MAID
42:12 Euthanasia as a Hammer
46:23 AI Threats to Medicine
51:40 AI in Training Today
52:45 Spirituality and Meaning
56:11 Pro Life Pro Woman
58:33 Human Dignity Closing
The Hart2Heart podcast is hosted by family physician Dr. Michael Hart, who is dedicated to cutting through the noise and uncovering the most effective strategies for optimizing health, longevity, and peak performance.
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