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Jonsen, Albert Rupert was born on April 4, 1931 in San Francisco, California, United States. Son of Albert R. and Helen (Sweigert) Jonsen.
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A physician says, "I have an ethical obligation never to cause the death of a patient," another responds, "My ethical obligation is to relieve pain even if the patient dies." The current argument over the role of physicians in assisting patients to die constantly refers to the ethical duties of the profession. References to the Hippocratic Oath are often heard. Many modern problems, from assisted suicide to accessible health care, raise questions about the traditional ethics of medicine and the medical profession. However, few know what the traditional ethics are and how they came into being. This book provides a brief tour of the complex story of medical ethics evolved over centuries in both Western and Eastern cultures. It sets this story in the social and cultural contexts in which the work of healing was practiced and suggests that, behind the many different perceptions about the ethical duties of physicians, certain themes appear constantly, and may be relevant to modern debates. The book begins with the Hippocratic Medicine of ancient Greece, moves throught the Middle Ages, Renaissance and Enlightenment in Europe, and the long history of Indian and Chinese medicine, ending as the problems raised modern medical science and technology challenge the settled ethics of the long tradition.
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Emeritus Professor president author
Jonsen, Albert Rupert was born on April 4, 1931 in San Francisco, California, United States. Son of Albert R. and Helen (Sweigert) Jonsen.
Bachelor, Gonzaga University, 1955. Master of Arts, Gonzaga University, 1956. Master of Sacred Theology, University Santa Clara, 1963.
Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1967.
He is Emeritus Professor of Ethics in Medicine at the University of Washington, School of Medicine, where he was Chairman of the Department of Medical History and Ethics from 1987-1999, and currently is Company-Director of the Program in Medicine and Human Values at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco. He received a doctorate in religious studies from Yale University in 1967. In 1969, he was chosen as president of the University of San Francisco where he served until 1972.
The medical school of the University of California, San Francisco invited him to join the faculty and create a program in medical ethics.
Jonsen was one of the first bioethicists to be appointed to a medical faculty. The United States. Congress established the National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research (1974-1978), charged with formulating regulations governing the use of humans in research.
Jonsen was a Commissioner and participated in development of regulations regarding use of the human fetus, children and mentally incapacitated persons as research subjects. He also assisted in the writing of the Belmont Report, the statement of ethical principles that has become the leading statement on research ethics.
In 1979, Jonsen was appointed to the successor body, the President"s Commission on the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine (1979-1982) which devised reports on brain death, foregoing life-support, informed consent and other topics that have become the main subjects of bioethics.
Jonsen was a pioneer in the practice of "clinical ethics", in which an ethicist serves as a consultant to those making ethical decisions about appropriate care of patients. Jonsen joined John Fletcher as founders of the Society for Clinical Ethics which merged with the Association for Bioethics and Humanities in 1991. In 1987, Jonsen assumed the chairmanship of the Department of Medical History and Ethics, School of Medicine, University of Washington.
He remained there until his retirement in 1999.
Jonsen is a fellow of the Hastings Center, an independent bioethics research institution. He has served on the National Board of Medical Examiners, the American Board of Medical Specialties, the ethics committee of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and as consultant to the American Board of Internal Medicine.
He was president of the Society for Health and Human Values and chair of the Committee to Monitor the Social Impact of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome of the National Academy of Sciences. He was elected to the Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences in 1981.
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Board trustees Institute Educational Management, Harvard University, 1971—1974, Ploughshares Foundation, 1980—1984. Member San Francisco Crime Committee, 1969—1971. Board directors Foundation Critical Care Medicine, 1983—1986, Sierra Health Foundation, since 1987.
Fellow: The Hastings Center. Member: American Osler Society (McGovern award 1986), American College Cardiology (Convocation Medal 1996), American Society for Bioethics and Humanities (Lifetime Achievement award 1999), Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association (technical assessment program 1985—2003, medical advisory panel), Instituto de Bioetica (Madrid), Institute Medicine (committee human values 1973, council 1983-1985, 1990-1992), Society Christian Ethics, American Society Law and Medicine (board directors 1986-1988), Society Health and Human Values (president 1986-1987).
Married Mary East. Carolan in 1976.