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Previous Ethics Dispatches The Ethics Dispatch is a monthly email containing discussion of bioethics issues, related news headlines, case studies, and philosophical musings from Center staff and other contributing authors. The Dispatch is designed to contribute educational content for regular ethics committee meeting agendas. All partner-organization contacts receive the Ethics Dispatch as a monthly email. Below is… -
The Case of Jesse, Unrepresented and Homeless
A 60-year-old homeless man, “Jesse,” is found confused and in distress by a passerby who calls 911. Paramedics bring the man to the hospital. Jesse’s feet and legs are swollen and covered in ulcers and dead tissue—diagnosed as osteomyelitis, or infection of his legs.
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Caring Conversations To learn more and download advance care planning materials, such as Caring Conversations, click here. Get Materials NowWhat is Bioethics? Ethics is a philosophical discipline pertaining to notions of good and bad, right and wrong -- our moral life in community. Bioethics is the application of ethics to the field of medicine and…
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