Scarcity & allocation
Fair, transparent approaches to allocating medicines when supply cannot meet need.
Where pharmacy and ethics intersect.
Examining the difficult choices of pharmacy practice behind drug shortages, medication access, pharmacy policy, and clinical care.
Brian Spoelhof, PharmD, MBE
PharmacistBioethicistEducator
About Brian
A pharmacist’s view of the questions beneath practice.
Brian Spoelhof is a clinical pharmacist, pharmacy administrator, and bioethicist focused on the difficult choices that shape pharmacy practice. His work connects bedside care, policy, scarce resources, and ethical reasoning to help clinicians and organizations make more transparent, defensible decisions.
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Areas of focus
Pharmacy practice through the lens of Bioethics.
Clear frameworks for clinicians, leaders, and organizations navigating choices with real consequences.
Policy & formulary
Building defensible systems that connect evidence, values, and institutional responsibility.
Equitable access
Examining who benefits, who bears the burden, and how pharmacy can close the gap.
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Managing Privacy, Consent, and Patient Data in AI-Enabled Systems
An ethics-focused review of privacy, informed consent, transparency, and patient data in healthcare AI.
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Ethical Use of AI in Clinical Care and Operational Decision-Making
Clinical cases examine responsibility, oversight, and the ethical limits of AI-supported decisions.
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Drug Shortage Ethics: A Case-Based Approach
A workshop for developing and applying an ethical allocation framework during medication shortages.
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Between Right and Wrong: Defining Pharmacoethics in the Daily Life of a Pharmacist
Three cases explore how pharmacists can recognize and reason through ethical tension in everyday practice.
Speaking & consultation
Bring a sharper ethical lens to the table.
For conferences, media, workshops, and complex pharmacy decisions.
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