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The Center for Practical Bioethics works both regionally, with Kansas City as our home and laboratory, and nationally at the policy level around issues of aging and end of life, life science research, clinical and organizational ethics and disparities in health and healthcare.
Click on the links below for more information on current Center initiatives:
• Pain Action Initiative: A National Strategy (PAINS)
• KC4 Aging in Community
• Transportable Physician Orders for Patient Preferences (TPOPP)
The Center has a rich history of successful initiatives and community outreach, including the following:
• The Center and Pain Policy
• The Center and Healthcare Reform
• The Center and Terri Schiavo
• The Center and Stem Cell Research
• Protecting Research Subjects with Diminished Capacity
• Northland Care/MetroCARE
• Sabbaths of Hope
• Kansas City Partnership to Advance Pediatric Palliative Care
• Compassion Sabbath
• Community-State Partnerships to Improve End-of-Life Care
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