Dr. Edmund Pellegrino is a professor emeritus of medicine at Georgetown University Medical Center. He served as director of the Kennedy Institute of Ethics (1983-89) and the Center for Clinical Bioethics at the medical center (1991-96). He previously chaired of the President’s Council on Bioethics. The author of more than 500 publications, he is best-known for his discussions of Christian virtue and medical ethics in the treatment of patients, humanism and the physician, and the philosophical basis of medical treatment. He is the founding editor of the Journal of Medicine and Philosophy.
| Website | http://kennedyinstitute.georgetown.edu/ourpeople/pellegrino.cfm |
| Email address | pellegre@georgetown.edu |
| Phone number | 202-687-5397 |
| Categories | Bioethics, education, Health care, Medical ethics, Science & health, Society & culture |
| Locations | United States of America, Washington, D.C. |
| Resource Types | Sources |
| Faiths | Christianity |
| Languages | English |