Tag / Center for Practical Bioethics
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Myra Christopher
Myra J. Christopher Founding President and CEO of the Center for Practical Bioethics Myra Christopher was President and CEO of the Center from its inception in 1985 through December 2011, when she became the Kathleen M. Foley Chair for Pain and Palliative Care and served as Director of the PAINS Project (Pain Action Alliance… -
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2024 Annual Dinner
Please join us on Thursday, April 11, 2024 at The Abbott in KCMO. Keynote Speaker is Daniela Lamas, MD.
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Guidance at the Crossroads of Decision: A Fireside Chat
Tuesday, October 3, 2023
Join us for a “fireside chat” and mingle with the expert leaders of services to help healthcare organizations integrate ethics into all facets of their organizations.
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Support
Support the Center for Practical Bioethics One-Time GiftMonthly GivingPlanned GivingCorporate GivingOther Ways to GivePrefer to donate by phone or mail? Call 816-221-1100 or use our printable donation form. The Center for Practical Bioethics (CPB) is a tax-exempt 501c3 nonprofit organization. Contributions to CPB are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law. One-Time Gift One-Time… -
Support Other Ways to Give
Other Ways to Give Donor Advised Funds Donor Advised Funds, similar to a charitable savings account, are an easy, cost-effective way to support our mission. You can transfer assets to a tax-exempt sponsoring organization (i.e., the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation) and then recommend how much and how often you would like granted to qualified… -
Support Corporate Giving
Corporate Giving Support the Center for Practical Bioethics For many companies, corporate giving is giving back to the communities in which they operate is at the core of who they are. And, they know that the health of their employees and customers and the healthcare available to them has a direct impact on their success… -
Support Planned Giving
Your Planned Giving and Why It Matters The Center’s mission – to raise and respond to ethical issues in health and healthcare – remains the same since its founding in 1984. However, the issues and avenues for responding to them have grown and changed dramatically. We began forty years ago with the goal to improve… -
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A Philosopher Who Does Bioethics
Read how new careers often emerge from new technology. Clinical ethics is one of them. Clinical ethicists assist health professionals in identifying, analyzing and resolving ethical issues that arise in health and healthcare. Blog written by Trudi Galblum.
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Resources
Explore Our Resources Search for case studies, audio interviews, videos, and more. The Ethics Dispatch A monthly e-newsletter, offers guidance on ethical issues, case studies and ethical musings and is sent to all our Ethics Services Partners. Ethics Dispatch Archive Search for: Clear Filters Filter by Type All CategoriesCase StudiesMedical Ethics and Policy GuidanceShared Decision… -
Case Study – I Know What You’re Thinking
An African American male patient, age forty-two, was admitted to a skilled nursing unit after surgery for head and neck cancer with lymph involvement, newly diagnosed. What is presupposed by his “life on the streets”? by his active drug use in the past?
