What they say about the Center
The Center for Practical Bioethics has pioneered the model of practical bioethics. No other organization has been as effective in bringing bioethics into the community. In crucial areas where bioethics really matters, the Center has been a guiding light.
-- Art Caplan, PhD, Department of Medical Ethics, University of Pennsylvania
Values are formed and expanded and strengthened through the active participation of ordinary people who are concerned about them, who think about them, and talk about them. This, I believe, is the role of the Center -- to encourage thinking and broaden communications on matters of life and death.
-- John Danforth, former US Ambassador to the United Nations and US Senator
The leadership role provided by the Center has had a profound and beneficial effect on the way in which end-of-life care, particularly in the area of pain management, is addressed by policymakers, healthcare professionals, and consumer advocates as well as patients and families.
— Drew Edmondson, Oklahoma Attorney General, Past President NAAG
The basic work the Center is doing to develop public trust in the integrity of human subject research plays an important role in the overall goal of Kansas City becoming a major center for biomedical research.
— William B. Neaves, PhD, President and CEO, Stowers Institute for Medical Research
All that the Center has accomplished is amazing. The countless people in our society that the Center and its devoted staff have nurtured, educated and rescued over the years is a true gift to the rest of us.
— William H. Colby, JD, Cruzan family attorney and author of The Long Goodbye: The Deaths of Nancy Cruzan
The Center has demonstrated an authentic concern about addressing disparities in health and healthcare, especially for African-Americans at the end of life, and has been a willing collaborator with the Duke Institute.
— Richard Payne, MD, Duke Institute on Care at the End of Life, Duke University
With the Center’s leadership, Kansas City became the first community in the nation to host And Thou Shalt Honor, a televised town hall meeting. Since then, eight communities have followed Kansas City’s lead. The Center’s ability to make things happen has advanced a national policy agenda to support family caregivers.
— Dale Bell, Thou Shalt Honor Foundation
As a healthcare executive, I have found the Center for Practical Bioethics to be an invaluable resource to help me understand my personal leadership responsibilities and our organization's obligation to our patients and our community when it comes to the ethical implications of everything we do.
-- Lowell Kruse, CEO, Heartland Health, St. Joseph, Missouri
The Center's capacity to convene organizations and leadership from diverse perspectives has made a significant contribution toward improving pain management in the United States.
-- Pamela Bennett, Executive Director of Advocacy, Purdue Pharma
The Center has been an invaluable resource to our medical community. My work with medical students has been enhanced by my long-time involvement with the Center.
-- Marjorie Sirridge, MD, founder, former dean, University of Missouri/Kansas City School of Medicine.
