All Posts: medical ethics

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Nursing and Medical Students Debate Ethical Dilemmas as Pellegrino Student Scholars

(December 9, 2022) — In a clinical bioethics program unique to Georgetown, a select group of nursing and medical students — known as Pellegrino Student Scholars — work…

December 10, 2022

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NHS Visiting Jesuit Chair: ‘Bring Our Moral Tradition to Bear’ Through Imagining Improved Health Systems

(March 4, 2022) — Using the gift of imagination and leaning into our Jesuit values can help us identify and solve problems within the health care system, said Rev. Michael…

March 5, 2022

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Georgetown Nurse Ethicists Help Develop Ethics Toolkit for New ‘Essentials’ of American Association of Colleges of Nursing

December 7, 2021

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Georgetown Ethicist Collaborates with Physicians to Create Moral Framework for Elective Surgeries During COVID-19

March 11, 2021

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Jesuit, Doctor, Ethicist to Lead Pellegrino Center

(December 5, 2020) — Myles Sheehan, SJ, MD, first met Edmund Pellegrino, the legendary bioethicist and founder of Georgetown’s Edmund D. Pellegrino Center for Clinical…

December 5, 2020

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NHS Professor and Graduate Student Discuss Ethical Concerns of PPE Distribution During Current Pandemic

April 6, 2020

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Direct-To-Consumer Genetic Testing: Getting it ‘Morally Right’

(September 18, 2019) — The TV advertisements for DNA testing are ubiquitous: there’s one with the young man who thought he was part German until genetic testing led him to…

September 20, 2019

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WHO Expert Panel on Human Gene Editing a ‘Very Good Step,’ says Georgetown Medical Ethicist

MEDIA CONTACT:Karen Teberkm463@georgetown.edu WASHINGTON (December 14, 2018) — Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that it is establishing a …

December 14, 2018

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Georgetown Medical Ethicist Voices Concern About Human Genetic Editing Claimed by Chinese Scientist

MEDIA CONTACT:Karen Teberkm463@georgetown.edu WASHINGTON (November 26, 2018) — Media outlets are reporting that a Chinese scientist says he performed genetic editing to…

November 26, 2018

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Experts Explore Causes and Solutions to the Opioid Epidemic

(November 20, 2018) — Recognizing that addiction is a complex problem requiring a comprehensive, multi-pronged solution, experts from the fields of medicine, ethics and…

November 20, 2018