Bioethics On Air

Michael Vacca of the Christ Medicus Foundation joins Joe Zalot for part 2 of his interview discussing how Americans’ First Amendment protections have been challenged during the coronavirus pandemic.

Michael Vacca of the Christ Medicus Foundation joins Joe Zalot to discuss how First Amendment religious liberty protections have been challenged during the coronavirus pandemic.

NCBC President Dr. Joseph Meaney and Director of Publications Dr. Ted Furton join Joe Zalot to discuss health care-related ethical challenges that are likely to arise under the new administration.

Doctoral candidate Kirsten Dempsey joins Joe Zalot to discuss her journey towards a career in Catholic health care ethics.

John Brehany, NCBC Director of Institutional Relations, joins Joe Zalot to discuss the CIER program, a tool for bishops to evaluate Catholic health care.

Dr. John Grabenstein joins Joe Zalot to discuss the Regeneron cocktail that President Donald Trump received as part of his treatment for COVID-19.

Megan Kreft, a physician assistant from Portland, OR, talks to Joe Zalot about her experiences working for, and being terminated by, Providence Medical Group. Transfer of Care vs. Referral: A Crucial Moral Distinction: https://www.ncbcenter.org/resources-and-statements-cms/transfer-of-care-vs-referral-a-crucial-moral-distinction A Catholic Health Care Worker Objected to Contraception. Her Catholic Clinic Fired Her: https://www.ncbcenter.org/ncbc-news/a-catholic-healthcare-worker-objected-to-contraception-her-catholic-clinic-fired-her

NCBC President Dr. Joseph Meaney and Staff Ethicist Dr. John Di Camillo join Joe Zalot to discuss ethical challenges concerning COVID-19 vaccines.

Fr. Tad Pacholczyk and Dr. John Grabenstein join Joe Zalot to discuss the use, or non-use, of aborted fetal cells in the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.

Tracy Winsor joins Joe Zalot to discuss Catholic-based resources for parents who receive a life-limiting diagnosis for their unborn child.

Shannon Syzek, Catholic Benefits Association (CBA) Director of Human Resources Consultative Services, and Jason Coon, CBA Vice President of the Catholic Insurance Company, join Joe Zalot to discuss important services that CBA offers to Catholic employers.

Doug Wilson, CEO of the Catholic Benefits Association, joins Joe Zalot to discuss the work of the CBA and the impact of recent Supreme Court decisions on religious liberty.

NCBC President Joseph Meaney joins Joe Zalot to discuss his experience of being denied the sacraments during a recent hospital stay.

Attorney Eric Kniffin joins Joe Zalot to discuss the US Supreme Court’s Bostock decision, particularly its religious liberty implications.

In the second of a two-part series on brain death, Dr. Melissa Moschella joins Joe Zalot to discuss how “irreversible loss of organismal self-integration” offers a valid philosophical basis for determining death.

This podcast is the first of a two-part series on brain death. Matthew Hanley joins Joe Zalot to talk about his book Determining Death by Neurological Criteria: Current Practice and Ethics recently published by the NCBC.

Ep. 34: USCCB Letter to FDA on Ethical COVID-19 Vaccine Development by National Catholic Bioethics Center

Ep. 33: COVID-19 and Ethical Challenges to Vaccine Development by National Catholic Bioethics Center

NCBC President Joseph Meaney and John Brehany, director of institutional relations, answer concerns voiced by Catholic health care professionals. They also describe essential elements of ethical triage protocols—especially when it comes to triage teams and exclusionary criteria—and they discuss whether health care providers can withdraw treatment or place a DNR order without patient consent.

Elliott Bedford, the director of ethics integration at Ascension Health in Indiana, discusses the role of ethicists and the challenges they face in Catholic health care.