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Philosophy professor broaches topic of ethics, morality in medicine
Courtney Campbell stress the importance of health care for all Americans and medical ethics
Candice Ruud
Issue date: 5/2/08 Section: News
Courtney Campbell, an associate professor of philosophy, is continuing a series on faculty members at OSU who change the course of public policy through their work and research outside of academia.
Campbell began working for OSU in 1990. After earning his Ph.D. and M.A. in religious studies from the University of Virginia, Campbell went on to Yale to complete his B.A.
An ardent philosopher, Campbell deals with the issue of medical ethics on a daily basis through teaching classes in biomedical ethics, death and dying, and peace, war and terrorism.
He hopes to influence public policy by educating a younger generation for whom medical ethics is a big question.
From the immediate and crucial issue of health care in this country and the 47 million Americans who go without it, to more philosophical issues like stem cell research, "designer babies" and assisted suicide, which are not as pressing, the current generation has many questions to answer about how they want their government to handle the medical treatment of humans on all levels.
"I have served as an ethics consultant for the Oregon Hospice Association in addressing the 'death with dignity' question," Campbell said.
"I have been involved with the infertility clinic at OHSU that has addressed questions about what to do with surplus embryos from in vitro fertilization, and at what biological age we should say no to post-menopausal women who want to become mothers again, or for the first time."
Campbell has also served as an ethics consultant to President Bill Clinton's National Bioethics Advisory Committee. This committee addressed public policy on human cloning and stem cell research.
In addition, Campbell has served on OSU committees and at local hospitals that set policies dealing with the treatment of animals and medical research subjects, and deciding how hospitals should deal with patient and patient's family requests to stop treatment.
Campbell said that since grad school he has been drawn to the topic of medical ethics because it handles some of the most basic life and death questions and the treatment of humans in all situations.
Campbell began working for OSU in 1990. After earning his Ph.D. and M.A. in religious studies from the University of Virginia, Campbell went on to Yale to complete his B.A.
An ardent philosopher, Campbell deals with the issue of medical ethics on a daily basis through teaching classes in biomedical ethics, death and dying, and peace, war and terrorism.
He hopes to influence public policy by educating a younger generation for whom medical ethics is a big question.
From the immediate and crucial issue of health care in this country and the 47 million Americans who go without it, to more philosophical issues like stem cell research, "designer babies" and assisted suicide, which are not as pressing, the current generation has many questions to answer about how they want their government to handle the medical treatment of humans on all levels.
"I have served as an ethics consultant for the Oregon Hospice Association in addressing the 'death with dignity' question," Campbell said.
"I have been involved with the infertility clinic at OHSU that has addressed questions about what to do with surplus embryos from in vitro fertilization, and at what biological age we should say no to post-menopausal women who want to become mothers again, or for the first time."
Campbell has also served as an ethics consultant to President Bill Clinton's National Bioethics Advisory Committee. This committee addressed public policy on human cloning and stem cell research.
In addition, Campbell has served on OSU committees and at local hospitals that set policies dealing with the treatment of animals and medical research subjects, and deciding how hospitals should deal with patient and patient's family requests to stop treatment.
Campbell said that since grad school he has been drawn to the topic of medical ethics because it handles some of the most basic life and death questions and the treatment of humans in all situations.
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