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Patients benefit from attending to spirituality in health care, says Georgetown University bioethics expert

(WASHINGTON, D.C., March 21, 2024) In a Perspective piece titled "Physicians, Spirituality, and Compassionate Patient Care" in the March 21, 2024 issue of the New England…

March 20, 2024

Sulmasy quoted on medical aid-in-dying, brain death, capital punishment

Kennedy Institute of Ethics Director Daniel P. Sulmasy, MD, PhD has been quoted in a number of media outlets over the last three months in stories addressing timely bioethical…

March 10, 2024

Senior Scholar John Keown, DPhil, PhD, DCL in The Critic (UK) on the ethics of lockdowns

Senior Scholar John Keown, DPhil, PhD, DCL, has published an op-ed in The Critic (UK) on the ethics of lockdowns. David Paton and John Keown, ‘Were Lockdowns Ethical?&; …

February 7, 2024

Announcements

Sullivan to present at end-of-life care seminar in Vatican City in February 2024

Joseph P. Kennedy Chair in Bioethics William F. Sullivan, MD, PhD will serve as a faculty member at an intensive seminar titled “Ethics of End-of-life Care: Contributions…

December 18, 2023

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Reynolds quoted in Wall Street Journal story about ethical implications of advances in reproductive technologies

KIE’s Joel Michael Reynolds, assistant professor of philosophy and disability studies, was quoted in an October 28, 2023 Wall Street Journal essay titled “What If Men…

November 22, 2023

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KIE director quoted in Discover magazine article on “the thorny ethics” of Effective Altruism

KIE director Dan P. Sulmasy, MD, PhD is quoted in an August 4, 2023 online article in Discover Magazine on the “thorny ethics” of the philosophy of Effective, …

August 14, 2023

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KIE and PCCB “leadership in the complex field of medical ethics” profiled in Summer 2023 Georgetown Health Magazine

The Kennedy Institute of Ethics, along with the Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics, is profiled in the summer 2023 issue of Georgetown Health Magazine. KIE director Dan…

July 13, 2023

Announcements

KIE scholar publishes first-of-its-kind disability bioethics reader

Senior Research Scholar Joel Michael Reynolds (new window) and Christine Wieseler, Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the California State Polytechnic…

May 31, 2023

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GU Bioethics Team wins 2023 national championship in Bioethics Bowl

KIE and the GU Philosophy Department congratulate the Georgetown undergraduate Bioethics team on winning the championship at the 2023 National Bioethics Bowl on April 15th at…

April 3, 2023

Announcements

KIE scholar Joel Michael Reynolds elected as a fellow of The Hastings Center

Senior Research Scholar Joel Michael Reynolds (new window) has been recognized by The Hastings Center for his groundbreaking work on disability in the field of bioethics. The…

March 3, 2023