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Bioethics on Air

Host Jozef Zalot interviews prominent ethicists and medical professionals on the big issues facing health care today. "Ethics on Air" is a production of the National Catholic Bioethics Center. The vie... Read more

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Ep. 11: The Problem With Gender Dysphoria - Part 1

Ep. 11: The Problem With Gender Dysphoria - Part 1

Ethicist Edward Furton discusses the significance of replacing the diagnosis of gender identity disorder with gender dys... Read more

26 Oct 2017

29mins

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Ep. 22: Organ Procurement and Allocation

Ep. 22: Organ Procurement and Allocation

Barry Masa, CEO of LifeCenter Organ Donor Network, explains the role that organ procurement organizations play in ensuri... Read more

12 Oct 2018

37mins

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Ep. 14: The Principle of Double Effect

Ep. 14: The Principle of Double Effect

Bioethicist John Di Camillo explains the principle of double effect and illustrations its application through a number o... Read more

15 Dec 2017

27mins

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Ep. 24: Growing Acceptance Of Assisted Suicide - Part 2

Ep. 24: Growing Acceptance Of Assisted Suicide - Part 2

Physician assistant Kris Correira returns for the second part of her interview on assisted suicide. In this episode, Ms.... Read more

4 Dec 2018

27mins

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Ep. 7: Vaccines And The Common Good

Ep. 7: Vaccines And The Common Good

Dr. Gwyneth Spaeder, a pediatrician in Wake Forest, NC, discusses the moral imperative for Catholics to vaccinate themse... Read more

14 Nov 2016

27mins

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Ep. 5: Dignity At The Margins

Ep. 5: Dignity At The Margins

Psychologist Dr. James Beauregard talks about the challenge of defining human dignity and the divergent approaches propo... Read more

17 Oct 2016

36mins

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Ep. 12: The Problem With Gender Dysphoria - Part 2

Ep. 12: The Problem With Gender Dysphoria - Part 2

Ethicist Edward Furton discusses the Catholic response to transgender ideology as well as the clinical challenges associ... Read more

9 Nov 2017

22mins

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Ep. 25: The Ethical and Religious Directives - Part 1, Overview

Ep. 25: The Ethical and Religious Directives - Part 1, Overview

John Brehany, the director of institutional relations at The National Catholic Bioethics Center, provides an overview of... Read more

20 Dec 2018

52mins

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Ep. 19: Deactiving a Pacemaker

Ep. 19: Deactiving a Pacemaker

Fr. Benedict Guevin examines whether it is permissible to deactivate a pacemaker, which differs from other medical devic... Read more

17 May 2018

33mins

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Ep. 21: Catholic Identity In Health Care Education

Ep. 21: Catholic Identity In Health Care Education

Tony Aretz, the president of the University of Providence, in Great Falls, Montana, discusses the challenges and unique ... Read more

2 Jul 2018

37mins

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Ep. 8: Remnants Of Life

Ep. 8: Remnants Of Life

Ethicist Dr. Edward Furton probes of the subtleties of brain death and the difficulties that arise from the linguistic d... Read more

2 Dec 2016

26mins

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Ep. 28: The Role of Ethics Services

Ep. 28: The Role of Ethics Services

Becket Gremmels, system director of ethics at Christus Health, in Irving, Texas, discusses the contribution of ethics se... Read more

2 Jul 2019

52mins

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Ep. 10: New Forms Of Discrimination Against The Disabled

Ep. 10: New Forms Of Discrimination Against The Disabled

Guest Mary Forr discusses the institutionalized discrimination faced by persons with disabilities and shares ways to pro... Read more

25 Sep 2017

34mins

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Ep. 6: Reasonable Hope Of Benefit

Ep. 6: Reasonable Hope Of Benefit

Ethicist Dr. John DiCamillo discusses the difference between ordinary and extraordinary care in end-of-life decision mak... Read more

3 Nov 2016

36mins

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Ep. 3: The Money In Your Genes

Ep. 3: The Money In Your Genes

In Bioethics on Air’s second episode about CRISPR gene editing technology, tech entrepreneur Joe Chiarella asks who is g... Read more

15 Sep 2016

27mins

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Ep. 16: Legal Challenges of POLST

Ep. 16: Legal Challenges of POLST

Attorney Cameo Anders explains the issues that POLST (physician orders for life-sustaining treatment) is meant to solve ... Read more

1 Feb 2018

26mins

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Ep. 23: Growing Acceptance Of Assisted Suicide - Part 1

Ep. 23: Growing Acceptance Of Assisted Suicide - Part 1

Kris Correira, a physician assistant, in Worchester, Massachusetts, describes why medical professionals are adopting a m... Read more

15 Nov 2018

33mins

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Ep. 13: A Culture of Encounter

Ep. 13: A Culture of Encounter

Dr. Mary Shivanandan discusses the profound effect of postmodernism on our understanding of the human person. She then p... Read more

28 Nov 2017

28mins

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Ep. 27: The Ethical and Religious Directives – Part 3, Witness in Catholic Health Care

Ep. 27: The Ethical and Religious Directives – Part 3, Witness in Catholic Health Care

John Brehany, the director of institutional relations at The National Catholic Bioethics Center, continues his discussio... Read more

7 Mar 2019

25mins

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Ep. 15: Legal Aspects of Advance Care Planning

Ep. 15: Legal Aspects of Advance Care Planning

Attorney Cameo Anders discusses how to properly identify a surrogate and use advance directives like living wills and he... Read more

16 Jan 2018

36mins

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