Learn More2025-06-17 12:00:002025-06-17 13:00:00America/New_YorkPenn Bioethics Seminar Series (PBS): "The Other Disabled President" with Beth Linker, PhD
The Other Disabled President
Beth Linker, PhD
Samuel H. Preston Endowed Term Professor in the Social Sciences
Department Chair of the History and Sociology of Science
University of Pennsylvania
Beth Linker is Chair of the Department of the History and Sociology of Science and the Samuel H. Preston Endowed Term Professor in the Social Sciences. She is also a former physical therapist and holds an M.A. in bioethics. Her research focuses on how disability becomes defined, medicalized, and marginalized in modern U.S. history.
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Learn More2025-06-24 12:00:002025-06-24 13:00:00America/New_YorkPenn Bioethics Seminar Series (PBS): Barbara Chaiyachati, MD, PhD
Barbara Chaiyachati, MD, PhD
Attending Physician, Division of General Pediatrics
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Barbara Chaiyachati, MD, PhD is a physician-scientist interested in addressing and abating the short and long-term effects of traumatic-stressful events or adversities, particularly child maltreatment.
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Learn More2025-07-22 12:00:002025-07-22 13:00:00America/New_YorkPenn Bioethics Seminar Series (PBS): "Pre-Hospital Triage Decision Making in Times of Scarce Resources – a Mixed Method Study within the Swiss Healthcare Setting"
Pre-Hospital Triage Decision Making in Times of Scarce Resources – a Mixed Method Study
within the Swiss Healthcare Setting
Elisabeth Stock
Scientific Assistant
PhD Candidate
Institute for Biomedical Ethics Basel
Switzerland
The COVID-19 pandemic raised numerous ethical questions around the use of limited medical
resources in emergency situations and beyond. In response, guidelines were drafted and
implemented to ensure ethically sound rationing of critical resources. Numerous ethical
guidelines have been developed on how to triage patients in hospitals, in cases where
extensive medical care cannot be provided to all patients who need it. However, much less
attention was given to drafting guidance on pre- and peri-hospital management under
conditions of scarcity. Hence, there is little literature on direct or indirect forms of pre-hospital
triage, which can often be implicit or non-transparent. This is problematic, as there are signs
that some forms of triage happened in the pre- or peri-hospitalisation period, creating
ethically questionable disparities, particularly concerning older patients.
To explore the pre-triage mechanisms applied in Switzerland during the COVID-19 pandemic
amid medical resource scarcity, a qualitative interview study was carried out with 57
healthcare professionals from various Swiss healthcare organizations. Further, a survey was
conducted with 213 older patients from four geriatric clinics to gather their opinions on the
allocation of scarce medical resources.
The aim of the presentation is to share the key findings of the study on our participants'
experiences, perceptions, and opinions regarding pre-triage mechanisms during the COVID-
19 pandemic.
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Learn More2025-07-29 12:00:002025-07-29 13:00:00America/New_YorkPenn Bioethics Seminar Series (PBS): "Trading Time for Tissue: The Morality of Organ Donation Programs in Prison Systems" with Paul Tubig
Trading Time for Tissue: The Morality of Organ Donation Programs in Prison Systems
Paul Tubig
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Georgia Southern University
Paul Tubig is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Georgia Southern University.
Paul writes, teaches, and speaks widely about the relationship between health and justice, and the ethics of transformative technologies, including body-modification technologies, in contexts of injustice.
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