Bioethics on Air
National Catholic Bioethics Center
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 views expressed in "Ethics on Air" do not necessarily represent those of the Editorial Board or the ethicists or staff of the National Catholic Bioethics Center. for more information on Catholic bioethics visit https://www.ncbcenter.org/.
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Jun 4, 2018 • 49min
Ep. 20: Ethics and Brain Injury in Sports
Dr. Bennet Omalu, the first physician to observe chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), discusses how faith has influenced his understanding of the ethical implications of traumatic brain.
May 17, 2018 • 34min
Ep. 19: Deactiving a Pacemaker
Fr. Benedict Guevin examines whether it is permissible to deactivate a pacemaker, which differs from other medical devices in some crucial, ethically relevant aspects.
Mar 15, 2018 • 27min
Ep. 18: Sister Nurses of The Civil War
Sr. Dolores Liptak, RSM, shares the stories of Catholic Nuns who volunteered as nurses in both the Union and the Confederacy during the Civil War.
Mar 2, 2018 • 33min
Ep. 17: Tutorial on The HHS Mandate
Hillary Byrnes, an attorney for the US Conference of Catholic Bishops, provides insight into the controversial HHS Contraception and Sterilization Coverage Mandate as well as the religious liberty concerns with the original mandate and the subsequent accommodation. She also describes the recent exemption granted by the Trump administration.
Feb 1, 2018 • 27min
Ep. 16: Legal Challenges of POLST
Attorney Cameo Anders explains the issues that POLST (physician orders for life-sustaining treatment) is meant to solve and those it raises.
Jan 16, 2018 • 36min
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 health care powers of attorney to ensure ethical health care decision making after injury or at the end of life.
Dec 15, 2017 • 28min
Ep. 14: The Principle of Double Effect
Bioethicist John Di Camillo explains the principle of double effect and illustrations its application through a number of case studies.
Nov 28, 2017 • 28min
Ep. 13: A Culture of Encounter
Dr. Mary Shivanandan discusses the profound effect of postmodernism on our understanding of the human person. She then presents an alternative, after-modernism, which is grounded in the personalism of Pope St. John Paul II.
Nov 9, 2017 • 23min
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 associated with transgender patients.
Oct 26, 2017 • 29min
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 dysphoria, the ideological motivations for this change, and the numerous moral challenges it creates.
