Presidential Bioethics

Barbara Atkinson, MD

Summer Johnson, PhD
July 27, 2010

The Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues met for the first time July 8th and 9th in Washington DC. In this edition of The Bioethics Channel, host Lorell LaBoube visits with two individuals who attended that gathering – one as a member of the commission, the other as an observer.

Barbara Atkinson is Executive Vice Chancellor of the University of Kansas Medical Center, where she also serves as executive dean. Summer Johnson is executive editor of the American Journal of Bioethics and director of graduate studies at the Center for Practical Bioethics.

Link: Podcast, Presidential Bioethics, 8 minutes 51 seconds