Bioethics -- Study and teaching

Abstract The collection consists of Kennedy Institute of Ethics (KIE) records that were created and/or maintained by LeRoy Walters. Walters joined the KIE as one of its first scholars, served as Director of the Bioethics Center from 1971 to 1993, and as Director of KIE from 1996 to 2000. The records primarily document establisment and development of the KIE, its library, and various bioethics information retrieval projects over the years. The collection also includes some of Walters teaching files,...

Abstract The collection contains the files of Warren Reich, dating from 1958 to 1999. It includes records of the Kennedy Institute of Ethics (particularly funding and planning documents), files on bioethics and medical humanities courses taught at Georgetown University, research files on Andre Hellegers and the history of bioethics, documents related to the Narrative Bioethics Seminar at Hiram College, and professional correspondence. It also contains Andre Hellegers documents that had been collected...