Tag Archives: terminal patients

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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Terminal Illness and the Right to Ignorance

Posted on June 30, 2015 by Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences

In a New York Times piece, Dr. Paul Kalanithi, chief neurosurgical resident at Stanford University, described his ambivalence about asking for his prognosis after being diagnosed with metastatic lung cancer. Continue reading →

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The Joshua Hardy Case: Lessons Yet to Learn

Posted on March 20, 2014 by Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences

This post is a part of our Bioethics in the News series. For more information, click here. By Hannah Giunta Earlier this month, major news outlets reported the story of 7-year-old Josh Hardy, a current end-stage cancer patient at St. Jude Children’s … Continue reading →

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Wharton Center welcomes Abraham Verghese for World View Lecture Series

Posted on September 12, 2012 by Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences

Abraham Verghese, M.D., renowned physician, best-selling author and professor at Stanford University, has earned accolades in and out of the medical community for his advocacy on behalf of patients. He is widely regarded as having influenced the way modern medical … Continue reading →

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