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Aschenbrenner Grant Awarded to Casa Hogar Program

The Institute of Clinical Bioethics was awarded the Aschenbrenner Grant for the El Salvador Palliative Care/ Hospice Program: Casa Hogar. Background Chalatenango is a town, a municipality, and the capital of the Department of Chalatenango located in the northern part of El Salvador. The territorial extension is approximately 131.05 km2 of rural land and 75 km2 of …

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Johnson & Johnson Social Impact Challenge

Joseph Kelly and Isabella Stefanic Earlier this month, the ICB’s Health Promoter Program was selected amongst a competitive pool of programs to participate in the Johnson & Johnson Social Impact Challenge. The main idea of the program was for the Changemakers of J&J, national and international employees dedicated to corporate social justice, to encounter the …

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Initiating Therapeutic Horticulture Practices for People Living With Dementia

Sarah Oduwale Abstract Dementia is on the rise globally and includes complex cognitive and neuropsychiatric manifestations. It is characterized by progressive loss of function in one or more of the following cognitive abilities: learning and memory, language, executive function, and complex attention. Our team’s mission is to identify effective neuropsychiatric symptom management techniques for People …

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Be The Match Stem Cell Donation Launching at Saint Joseph’s University

Timothy Trapp, Caroline Curtin, Joseph Kelly Be The Match The Institute of Clinical Bioethics is hosting an on-campus event in partnership with Be The Match® to raise awareness for blood stem cell donation and help grow the number of donors in the stem cell national registry. Be The Match® is an organization and national stem …

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Saint Joseph’s Summer Scholar is Changing How People View Informed Consent

A rising senior at Saint Joseph’s wants to change how patients and doctors discuss the potential benefits and drawbacks of a complex heart and lung procedure. by Kevin Gfeller ’20  | August 24, 2023 A patient with acute respiratory distress syndrome is admitted to a hospital in dire need of a lung transplant. Doctors recommend putting …

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Rural Health Promoter: The Blueberry Farms 

Andren Chen, Benjamin Gabrieliants, Caroline Curtin, Adamya Aggarwal, and Joseph Kelly The Rural/Mobile Health Promoter was designed in collaboration with the Consulate of Mexico in Philadelphia to provide rural Hispanic communities of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware with access to basic primary care and education, promoting their health and wellbeing. The Promoter provides medical screenings, …

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Ethical Analysis of Uterine Transplants

Uterus Transplant

Many ethicists have called for a public debate on the issue of uterine transplantation that would examine all aspects of it including the ethical and moral implications. These issues include whether uterine transplants should be from live donors or deceased donors.

Ethical Analysis of Genetically Modified Pig Kidneys in Humans

Modified Pig Kidneys in Humans

The issue of xenotransplantation has raised serious interdisciplinary concerns. Many have called for a continued public debate on the issue of xenotransplantation, especially genetically modified pig kidneys for human transplants, that would examine all aspects of it including the crucial ethical and moral implications.