Oklahoma Association for Healthcare Ethics

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Hard to Die -- What do cases like Terry Schiavo’s teach us?
Paul Root Wolpe and Arthur Caplan, The Pennsylvania Gazette | July/August 2006
So, why is it so hard to die in America? In part, because dying itself has changed. Also, in part, it is because America is deeply divided about the core values that ought to govern decisions about medical care.
What do you mean by “embryo”?, Alison McCookThe Scientist \ July 16, 2006
“It’s how we describe the thing that almost makes more of a difference than what it is.” These words, from Patricia Alt of Towson University in Maryland, are particularly applicable to hot button issues in bioethics, particularly the ever-raging debate over using embryos for stem cell research.
Bioethics & Science | NPR's 'Talk of the Nation' Examines Debate ...
Kaiser network.org, DC - 13 hours ago
NPR's "Talk of the Nation" on Wednesday examined the nationwide debate over the rights of health care providers to refuse to perform certain medical procedures ...

American Society of Bioethics and Humanities	American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics
Bioethic Center at Columbia University	Center for Practical Bioethics
Ethics Quality for Organizational Excellence	The Hastings Center
Kennedy Institute of Ethics	National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature, Georgetown University
The Next Generation Model of Clinical Ethics	Oklahoma Palliative Care Resource Center

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