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The Coronavirus Is Pushing More People To Ponder If They’re Ready For Death
The Coronavirus Is Pushing More People To Ponder If They're Ready For Death August 24, 2020 Featuring John Carney, CEO KMUW Wichita 89.1 / NPR View More -
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The Center for Practical Bioethics helps guide families and doctors during the pandemic
The Center for Practical Bioethics is helping guide families and doctors during the pandemic August 18, 2020 Featuring Terry Rosell, PhD KSHB 41 Action News View More -
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Our Inability to Hear and Breathe Freely – A message from Our Board and Staff
Our Inability to Hear and Breathe Freely - A message from Our Board and Staff June 5, 2020 View More -
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Erika Blacksher, PhD, Named Fourth John B. Francis Chair in Bioethics
Erika Blacksher, PhD, Named Fourth John B. Francis Chair in Bioethics The Center for Practical Bioethics in Kansas City has named Erika Blacksher, PhD, as the new John B. Francis Chair in Bioethics. Dr. Blacksher will formally assume her position on September 1, 2020. She succeeds the esteemed Richard Payne, MD, who worked tirelessly throughout… -
KCP&L Offers New Employee Benefit
KCP&L Offers New Employee Benefit Now, a group of KCP&L employees have somewhere to turn for consultation and advocacy when they or a loved one experiences advanced illness. And, they have opportunities to learn about advance care planning and why it is critical to name someone to speak for them if they cannot speak for… -
Sunflower Foundation awards $200,000 grant to better understand elder abuse in Kansas
Sunflower Foundation awards $200,000 grant to better understand elder abuse in Kansas The Sunflower Foundation Board of Trustees has awarded a $200,000 grant to the Center for Practical Bioethics to identify strategies aimed at detecting, addressing and preventing elder abuse in Kansas. Kathy Greenlee, Vice President of Aging and Health Policy at the Center, will… -
Lifetime Achievement in Bioethics
Lifetime Achievement in Bioethics Center for Practical Bioethics Founding Executive Myra Christopher Honored by American Society for Bioethics and Humanities with a Lifetime Achievement Award in Bioethics View More -
Former DHHS Assistant Secretary Joins the Center Staff
Former DHHS Assistant Secretary Joins the Center Staff A major boost to its three-decade commitment to serving Americans facing the challenges of aging, serious illness and decision making at the end of life will arrive at the Center for Practical Bioethics when Kathy Greenlee joins its staff as Vice President of Aging and Health Policy.… -
Rosemary Flanigan Named to Starr Women’s Hall of Fame
Rosemary Flanigan Named to Starr Women’s Hall of Fame The Center is honored that Rosemary Flanigan, PhD, as well as two longtime supporters of the Center's work – Mary Kay McPhee and SuEllen Fried – were named to the Starr Women's Hall of Fame class of 2017. View More -
You see a man in a kilt. You don’t see his searing pain.
You see a man in a kilt. You don’t see his searing pain. Ken agreed to share his story not merely to explain his kilt, but as part of a stepped-up effort, led by the Center for Practical Bioethics, to bring attention to the treatment of chronic pain and to change what is viewed as…
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