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Bioethics for Breakfast: Health Care Deserts: What is Happening in Rural America?

Posted on October 20, 2020 by Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences

Dr. Steve Barnett and Dr. Kelly Hirko presented at the October 8th Bioethics for Breakfast session, offering perspectives and insight on the topic “Health Care Deserts: What is Happening in Rural America?” While past Bioethics for Breakfast events were held in … Continue reading →

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Religious Coercion of Physicians: Whose Conscience Is It Anyway?

Posted on January 23, 2020 by Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences

Neil Mahoney is 64 years old and has a terminal cancer with a predicted life expectancy of 4-16 months. He lives in Colorado, a state that approved an aid-in-dying law in 2016. His physician is Dr. Barbara Morris, 65, a geriatrician whom he has asked to provide him with the drugs needed to end his life. She has agreed to do just that. However, Dr. Morris works for the Centura Health Corporation, a Catholic-Adventist hospital system. Continue reading →

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