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Art Exhibit Supporting the Center Celebrates Wishes of Older Adults
Read about the Center’s 2022 annual fundraising event, Art of the Wish, including quotes from the Center’s CEO, John G. Carney, on page 5 of The Kansas City Jewish Chronicle published on April 28, 2022.
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Exhibit Celebrating the Wishes of Elders Evokes Strong Emotions
Art of the Wish, an exhibit celebrating stories that matter and wishes that change lives. Read how Mary Carol Garrity’s life was changed.
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Pathways to Health Equity through Civic Engagement
The Center’s John B. Francis Chair, Erika Blacksher, PhD, studies ethical and policy questions raised by health inequalities in the U.S. and the role of civic engagement in advancing health equity and social justice.
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Equitable Treatment and Care: Ethical AI Initiative Poised to Test Recommendations
There is broad agreement about the need to address ethical problems in the development and use of artificial intelligence systems in healthcare. The Center for Practical Bioethics is tackling the challenge of how to go about it using a novel approach that’s inviting widespread interest and buy-in.
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Bioethics Newsletter Winter-Spring 2022
Read about our 2022 annual event, Art of the Wish; updates on the Ethical AI and civic engagement projects; Vision to Action award winner, Brian Carter; and more.
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Center for Practical Bioethics What Would Be Your Wish for Our World?
“. . . what would you wish for the world if you were an elder? Can you imagine what your grandmother or grandfather might wish?”
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2022 Vision to Action Award
Brian Carter, MD
Vision to Action Award Goes to Pioneer in Pediatric Palliative Medicine and Ethics -
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Our CEO quoted in news article: Man denied heart transplant because he won’t get vaccinated against COVID
Medical experts say it’s not a matter of principle, but of survival.
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Becoming a Living Organ Donor
Becoming a Living Organ DonorA Path to Recovery and Meaning The first step in determining Lindsey Jarrett’s eligibility to donate a kidney to her friend’s father was a psychiatric evaluation. Did she know the donation would not benefit her? Did she understand the risks? Was she being coerced? Many people might wonder what motivates a… -
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IN MEMORY of Sarah (Liza) Rowland Townsend, JD, MSW
Sarah Rowland Townsend, a member of our Board of Directors and an extraordinary human being, died at her home in Kansas City, Missouri on November 26. When Liza (as many of us knew her) was younger, her father, Landon Rowland, would send her articles from the Hastings Center Report, British Medical Journal and JAMA. She…
