Lauren Bunch Institution-verified

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Assistant Professor of Bioethics and Professionalism

UAMS

Last publication 2026 Last refreshed 2026-05-02

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3 h-index 8 pubs 97 cited

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Lauren Bunch, Assistant Professor of Bioethics and Professionalism at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, focuses on ethical considerations within healthcare. Her scholarship addresses critical issues such as racial justice in public health initiatives, particularly concerning vaccine hesitancy during the COVID-19 pandemic. Bunch also investigates complex ethical dilemmas related to informed consent for medical treatments, including blood products and interventions for eating disorders like anorexia nervosa.

Her research explores the ethical justifications for overriding patient objections to certain treatments, especially in emergent situations or when dealing with conditions that pose risks to life. Bunch has co-authored publications with D. Micah Hester and Michael Hester. Her work includes examining the potential ethical pitfalls of using artificial intelligence in psychotherapy for eating disorders. Bunch's scholarship is reflected in her h-index of 3 and 96 total citations across 8 publications.

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h-index: 3
Publications: 8
Citations: 97

Selected Publications

The Dangers of Using AI Psychotherapy Chatbots to Treat Eating Disorders (2026)

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Even Paradigm Cases Can be Non-Paradigmatic (2025)

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Careful Considerations for Midcrisis Consent to and Refusal of Blood Products (2024)

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Careful Considerations for Midcrisis Consent to and Refusal of Blood Products (2023)

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Some Treatments Over Objection, Not Others, Are Ethically Justifiable When Managing Anorexia Nervosa (2023)

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