Tag / Ethics Committee Consortium
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Why Didn’t They Call a Clinical Ethicist?
Much of the action in Fox’s TV series, “Doc,” revolves around clinical ethics cases. One case involved a critically ill patient who never removed his ex-husband as proxy from his advance directive. Now, the patient’s current partner is in favor of a risky surgery; the ex-husband is opposed. Why wasn’t a clinical ethicist brought in to resolve the situation?
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Accidental Activist Gets Stuff Done – The 2025 Vision to Action Award Winner Edwin Kraemer MD
Ed Kraemer’s formula for a life of meaning has four parts he calls “Accidental Activist Algorithm.” It’s a formula that helps to explain why the Center for Practical Bioethics will honor Ed with the 2025 Vision to Action Award at the Flanigan Lecture on November 12.
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Volunteer Profile: A Physician’s Dedication to Ethics from the Bedside to Boardroom
Read about Steve Salanski’s dedication to the Center, family practice, and to the Ethics Committee Consortium.
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Ethics Committee Services
Through CPB Ethics Services your organization can become an Ethics Committee Consortium Member with many benefits.
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Bioethics Newsletter Summer/Fall 2022
Read about our 2022 justice and equity campaign, in times like these; updates on the Ethical AI project and Ethics Committee Consortium; John Carney’s retirement; and more.
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Sister Rosemary Flanigan
Rosemary Flanigan, CSJ, PhD In the Beginning The Center for Practical Bioethics introduced an annual lecture series to honor Rosemary Flanigan, PhD, in 1995. Sister Rosemary’s relationship with the Center, however, dates back to its founding. She was one of the first to become a member of what was then Midwest Bioethics Center. In 1986, Father… -
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.
