Author / Danielle Lehman
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Respecting Autonomy
Ryan Pferdehirt, Vice President of Ethics Services, discusses respecting autonomy in this blog.
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Art of the Wish
An exhibition celebrating the wishes of elders and protecting the interests of those whose voices have not been heard or heeded.
May 12, 2022
Leedy-Voulkos Art Center
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Will a ‘vaccine passport’ be required to travel? As idea grows, travelers have mixed reactions
Will a ‘vaccine passport’ be required to travel? As idea grows, travelers have mixed reactions March 30, 2021 Featuring Terry Rosell, PhD Fox4KC News Terry Rosell was interviewed by Kaci Jones, FOX4, about vaccine passports. View More -
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Caring Conversations Webinars
Advance Care Planning Training
Offered in the Spring and Fall
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KC Regional Hospital Ethics Committee Consortium: 25 Years of Doing Ethics
Rosemary Flanigan responds to questions on what it means to “do ethics,” how hospitals responded to the creation of ethics committees, accomplishments of the Ethics Committee Consortium, and how the problems it addresses have changed over the years.
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From POLST to TPOPP in California and Beyond
POLST coalitions (Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment) are developing across the country.
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Bioethics Newsletter Winter-Spring 2021
The coronavirus pandemic has informed our collective conscience about what ought not to be, what we should be doing more of, and the need to keep alive the realities of what we have endured and too many have suffered.
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Bioethics Newsletter Summer-Fall 2020
From the mid-1980s when ventilators came into common use, the Center for Practical Bioethics has helped patients, families, providers and policymakers make decisions about what ought to be done given what can be done.
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Bioethics Newsletter Winter-Spring 2020
People don’t like to talk about politics, religion or money. To that we would add advance care planning. Advance care planning is the process of clarifying your life goals and values, and making sure your healthcare preferences are known and honored.
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Bioethics Newsletter Summer-Fall 2019
A 52-year old African American woman with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease was rapidly deteriorating. Doctors tried to explain her options: hospice or surgery to attach her to a ventilator for the rest of her life. Mom couldn’t decide, her daughter said, because she didn’t trust her doctors. She had nightmares about doctors hurting her.
