Sophie Gloeckler

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Sophie Gloeckler graduated Phi Beta Kappa and Magna Cum Laude with a BA from Columbia University before completing her DNP there and becoming a board-certified psychiatric nurse practitioner. She also holds a PhD in Medical Sciences from the Institute of Biomedical Ethics and History of Medicine, University of Zurich. She is a member of Sigma Theta Tau Nursing Honors Society and was awarded a Fulbright in 2019 for research exploring ethical questions related to assisted suicide and palliative care in cases of severe persistent mental illness. She is a practicing psychiatric clinician in private practice in New York.
Sophie’s PhD work focused on treatment decision-making and respect for autonomy in the face of severe illness in contemporary clinical settings. Her present postdoctoral work further explores questions of autonomy in such settings with an emphasis on the ethical use of digital technology.

Research Interest

Psychiatric Ethics
Palliative and End-of-Life Care
Relational Autonomy and Shared Decision-Making
Digitalization of Health and AI
Global Health Ethics
Mental Health

Ongoing Projects

Psychiatric Advance Directives and Respect for Autonomy
Mental Healthcare in the Metaverse: Using Virtual and Augmented Reality for Mental Wellbeing
Tools to Enhance Shared Decision-Making in Critical Care
The Ethical Use (and Feasibility) of Algorithms to Predict Patients’ Preferred Care

Publications

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Publications

2024
- Journal Article
  - Gloeckler, Sophie; Krones, Tanja; Biller-Andorno, Nikola (2024). Advance care planning evaluation: a scoping review of best research practice. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care, 14(e1):e228-e234.
2023
- Journal Article
  - Göcking, Beatrix; Gloeckler, Sophie; Ferrario, Andrea; Brandi, Giovanna; Glässel, Andrea; Biller-Andorno, Nikola (2023). A case for preference-sensitive decision timelines to aid shared decision-making in intensive care: need and possible application. Frontiers in Digital Health, 5:1274717.
  - Gloeckler, Sophie; Biller-Andorno, Nikola (2023). Mental health services in the metaverse: potential and concerns. Swiss Medical Weekly, 153(4):40089.
  - Ferrario, Andrea; Gloeckler, Sophie; Biller-Andorno, Nikola (2023). Ethics of the algorithmic prediction of goal of care preferences: from theory to practice. Journal of Medical Ethics, 49(3):165-174.
  - Ferrario, Andrea; Gloeckler, Sophie; Biller-Andorno, Nikola (2023). AI knows best? Avoiding the traps of paternalism and other pitfalls of AI-based patient preference prediction. Journal of Medical Ethics, 49(3):185-186.
  - Göcking, Beatrix; Biller-Andorno, Nikola; Brandi, Giovanna; Gloeckler, Sophie; Glässel, Andrea (2023). Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage and Clinical Decision-Making: A Qualitative Pilot Study Exploring Perspectives of Those Directly Affected, Their Next of Kin, and Treating Clinicians. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(4):3187.
- Dissertation
  - Gloeckler, Sophie. Treatment Decisions and Respect for Autonomy in the Face of Severe Illness in Contemporary Clinical Settings. 2023, University of Zurich, Medizinische Fakultät.
2022
- Journal Article
  - Gloeckler, Sophie; Ferrario, Andrea; Biller-Andorno, Nikola (2022). An Ethical Framework for Incorporating Digital Technology into Advance Directives: Promoting Informed Advance Decision Making in Healthcare. Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine, 95(3):349-353.
  - Biller-Andorno, Nikola; Ferrario, Andrea; Gloeckler, Sophie (2022). In Search of a Mission: Artificial Intelligence in Clinical Ethics. The American Journal of Bioethics, 22(7):23-25.
2021
- Journal Article
  - Gloeckler, Sophie; Trachsel, Manuel (2021). Acceptability of Assisted Suicide in Patients With Severe and Persistent Mental Illness : A Pilot Study on Attitudes Among Nurses in Switzerland. GeroPsych, 34(2):83-90.
  - Gloeckler, Sophie; Manriquez Roa, Tania (2021). Altruism, recklessness, or something else? A summary of the forum on self-experimentation in the time of COVID-19. Swiss Medical Weekly, 151:w20523.
  - Gloeckler, Sophie; Trachsel, Manuel (2021). Nurses' views on palliative care for those diagnosed with severe persistent mental illness: A Pilot Survey Study in Switzerland. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 29(1):67-74.

Institute of Biomedical Ethics and History of Medicine (IBME)

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