Steve Salanski, MD, family practice portrait. Stephen Salanski, MD, traces his interest in medical ethics to hi ...

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Talia’s mom, Naomi Kirtner, recently wrote about what it was like, at great emotional cost, to present four l ...

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Building Common Ground The October issue of the American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) is devoted to buildi ...

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Talia Goldenberg and her parents were unable to convince Talia’s doctors, nurses and support staff to take h ...

This month our Ethics Dispatch discusses the hot topic of informed consent and pelvic exams. Other sections inc ...

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By Erika Blacksher, PhD John B. Francis Chair, Center for Practical Bioethics Notions of health equity and hea ...

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By Tarris Rosell, PhD, DMin Rosemary Flanigan Chair, Center for Practical Bioethics The Center for Practical B ...

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The Center for Practical Bioethics July 2023 monthly email newsletter discusses our 40th anniversary luncheon, ...

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After more than a decade, the Missouri Assembly approved legislation recognizing the TPOPP/POLST medical order ...

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By Ryan Pferdehirt, D.Bioethics, HEC-C Vice President of Ethics Services, Center for Practical Bioethics The Ed ...

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The Center for Practical Bioethics May 2023 monthly email newsletter discusses our 40th anniversary luncheon, k ...

Tarris Rosell, PhD, DMin, Rosemary Flanigan Chair, asked Bard AI to “describe the ideal bioethics center (in ...

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The Center for Practical Bioethics April 2023 monthly email newsletter discusses our Ethics Services, celebrati ...

By Tarris Rosell, PhD, DMin Rosemary Flanigan Chair, Center for Practical Bioethics Normothermic Regional Perfus ...

Terry Rosell Quoted in The Kansas City Star Article Healthcare workers are at risk of workplace violence whi ...

The Center for Practical Bioethics March 2023 monthly email newsletter discusses celebrating its 40th anniversa ...

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Affiliate Organizations of our Center Ethics Services receive our Ethics Dispatch as part of their annual membe ...

To the uninitiated, bioethics can seem like an abstract, academic or intimidating concept. As the Center for Pr ...

Ryan Pferdehirt appeared in a KCTV5 story, “A blood test can detect 50 types of cancer, but it will cost ...

By Tarris Rosell, PhD, DMin Rosemary Flanigan Chair, Center for Practical Bioethics In this blog, Tarris (Terry) ...

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By Lindsey Jarrett, PhD, Director, Ethical AI Initiative, Center for Practical Bioethics For several decades no ...

James D. Stowe was in fourth grade on a museum field trip when an adult asked what he wanted to be when he grew ...

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A personal message from Karen Bullock Dear CPB Friend: My work at Boston Colle ...

A personal message from Tresia Franklin Dear CPB Friend: I first got to know t ...

Friends (that includes staff) and family came together on December 1 at Hallbrook Country Club for a gathering ...

A personal message from Diane Gallagher Dear CPB Friend: As parents of a child ...

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A personal message from Nellie Kassebaum Dear CPB Friend: I was eager to join ...

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A personal message from Erika Blacksher Dear CPB Friend: Most Americans remain ...

A personal message from Mark R. Thompson Dear CPB Friend: As an attorney, I w ...

A personal message from Polo Camacho Dear CPB Friend: After earning my PhD in ...

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A personal message from Maggie Neustadt Dear CPB Friend: My commitment to the ...

A personal message from Rob Flores Dear CPB Friend: A few years ago, I knew th ...

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Ann Karty was a student in the University of Missouri Kansas City’s innovative six-year B.A./M.D. program whe ...

Polo Camacho Late in the evening with Saturday Night Live on in the background, shortly after graduating from th ...

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September 2022 Monthly Email Newsletter September 2022 Bioethics Bulletin If you would like to receive these mo ...

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John G. Carney: A Career in Ethics John Carney has always been fascinated by how people make decisions, in parti ...

How to Advance Health Equity in Your Community Social Determinants of Health This webinar on social determinant ...

President/CEO Position For only the second time in its 38-year history, the Center for Practical Bioethics invit ...

Democratic Deliberation Project Appears in Population Health Blog Erika Blacksher, the Center’s John B. Fr ...

August 2022 Monthly Email Newsletter August 2022 Bioethics Bulletin If you would like to receive these monthly ...

Ethical Considerations, Precepts, and Recommendations in a Post-Dobbs World Guidance at the Crossroads For 38 ye ...

Changing False Narratives in Public Health Nellie Kassebaum can’t stop thinking about the systemic nature of ...

Healthcare Ethics in the Era of Dobbs v Jackson (The Overturning of Roe v Wade)By Tarris (Terry) Rosell, PhD, DMin Rosem ...

America’s Nursing Crisis: Suggestions on What Should Be Done Questions were posed leading up to the 28th Annua ...

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Targeting the Uneven Burden of Kidney Disease on Black Americans Erika Blacksher Quoted in The New York Times Ar ...

Inaugural Dr. Richard Payne Palliative Care Leadership Award Recipient Announced The Hastings Center, in collab ...

Art of the Wish on Fox 4 News in Kansas City Art of the Wish on the Fox 4 Morning News in Kansas City Fox 4 N ...

Exhibit and Fundraiser at Leedy Voulkos Art Center: “Art of the Wish” “Exhibit and Fundraiser at Leedy ...

Art Exhibit Supporting the Center Celebrates Wishes of Older Adults “Art Exhibit Supporting the Center for ...

Exhibit Celebrating the Wishes of Elders Evokes Strong Emotions If you’ve lived in or around Kansas City lon ...

Pathways to Health Equity through Civic Engagement   The Center’s John B. Francis Chair, Erika Blackshe ...

Equitable Treatment and Care: Ethical AI Initiative Poised to Test Recommendations There is broad agreement ...

Bioethics Newsletter Winter-Spring 2022 Read about our 2022 annual event, Art of the Wish; updates on the Ethic ...

Magazine Article: Center for Practical Bioethics What Would Be Your Wish for Our World? March 1, 2022 Featur ...

MENTORING MEDICAL STUDENTS FOR RESEARCH IN THE MEDICAL HUMANITIES The Clendening-King Summer Research Fellowship The Cl ...

Brian Carter, MDVision to Action Award Goes to Pioneer in Pediatric Palliative Medicine and Ethics When Brian Ca ...

In Times Like These . . . What Should Bioethicists Do?By Tarris (Terry) Rosell, PhD, DMin Rosemary Flanigan Chair at the ...

Man denied heart transplant because he won’t get vaccinated against COVID January 25, 2022 Featuring John ...

Becoming a Living Organ DonorA Path to Recovery and Meaning The first step in determining Lindsey Jarrett’s el ...

Sarah Rowland Townsend, a member of our Board of Directors and an extraordinary human being, died at her home i ...

Covid Outbreaks Devastated Prisons, but State Inmates’ Access to the Vaccine Varies Widely March 17, 2021 F ...

US experts tackle ethical dilemmas posed by the vaccine rollout March 15, 2021 Featuring Terry Rosell, PhD Al ...

Meatpacking plant workers prioritized for vaccines March 4, 2021 Featuring John Carney, CEO, and Terry Rosell ...

Cerner is helping create ‘COVID-19 passports.’ Will they be a reverse scarlet letter? February 28, 2021 F ...

Computer error blamed for people getting COVID-19 vaccine before they’re supposed to Featuring Terry Rosell, ...

The Coronavirus Is Pushing More People To Ponder If They’re Ready For Death August 24, 2020 Featuring J ...

The Center for Practical Bioethics is helping guide families and doctors during the pandemic August 18, 2020 ...

Our Inability to Hear and Breathe Freely – A message from Our Board and Staff June 5, 2020 ...

Erika Blacksher, PhD, Named Fourth John B. Francis Chair in Bioethics The Center for Practical Bioethics in K ...

Sunflower Foundation awards $200,000 grant to better understand elder abuse in Kansas The Sunflower Foundatio ...

Lifetime Achievement in Bioethics Center for Practical Bioethics Founding Executive Myra Christopher Honor ...

Former DHHS Assistant Secretary Joins the Center Staff A major boost to its three-decade commitment to ...

Rosemary Flanigan Named to Starr Women’s Hall of Fame The Center is honored that Rosemary Flanigan, PhD, as ...

KCP&L Offers New Employee Benefit Now, a group of KCP&L employees have somewhere to turn for consulta ...

You see a man in a kilt. You don’t see his searing pain. Ken agreed to share his story not merely to explai ...

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Nancy Cruzan’s Legacy: Open Talk About Death With Dignity   Removal of her feeding tube 25 years ago end ...

40% of Cancer Patients Didn’t Discuss Preferences   “Patients want their providers asking about their ...

Kansas Citians with Chronic Pain Take Their Plight Public   “We don’t call them sufferers. We don’t ...

CHRONIC PAIN: National Groups Call on HHS to Release the National Pain Strategy Report and Endorse Four Core Me ...

Death and dying: An emerging conversation   Experts at KU Med Center and Center for Practical Bioethics am ...

Death and dying: Expanding palliative care   KU Hospital, Topeka nonprofit lead efforts to promote patient ...

Expert hails Medicare proposal to reimburse end-of-life counseling   KU palliative care doctor says plan r ...

Death and dying: Advocates seek state laws   Debate of ‘death with dignity’ legislation spreads across ...

Truly the Best Business of the Year Award   MetroCare wins the Lee’s Summit Chamber’s non-prof ...

Attorney General Supports Center’s Position on TPOPP On January 13, 2015, the Kansas Attorney General (AG) pr ...

Brittany Maynard’s Choice to End Her Life Raises Profound Questions John Carney, President & CEO of the C ...

5 Things to Know About Death and Dying Debates Cathy Lynn Grossman, senior national correspondent for Religion ...

Myra Christopher Named to Starr Hall of Fame Myra Christopher, the Center’s founding director and current Kat ...

Will a ‘vaccine passport’ be required to travel? As idea grows, travelers have mixed reactions March 30, 20 ...

Bioethics Newsletter Summer-Fall 2021 The pandemic brought America face-to-face with the impacts of disparities ...

ETHICISTS DEBATE Should Doctors Refuse to Treat Unvaccinated People? A story appeared on August 17 in the Alabama News w ...

Bioethics Newsletter Winter-Spring 2021 The coronavirus pandemic has informed our collective conscience about w ...

Bioethics Newsletter Summer-Fall 2020 From the mid-1980s when ventilators came into common use, the Center for ...

Bioethics Newsletter Winter-Spring 2020 People don’t like to talk about politics, religion or money. To that ...

Bioethics Newsletter Summer-Fall 2019 A 52-year old African American woman with chronic obstructive pulmonary d ...

Bioethics Newsletter Winter-Spring 2019 Celebrating our 35th anniversary. View the Newsletter ...

Bioethics Newsletter Summer-Fall 2018 Let’s go to the movies! Bioethics film series. View the Newsl ...