Edmund D. Pellegrino (1920-2013)

In Memoriam: Edmund Pellegrino (June 22, 1920-June 13, 2013)

Foni phronimos - An interview with Edmund D. Pellegrino

Foni phronimos: (Gr) the voice of one who possesses practical wisdom One year after the end of his tenure as Chair of the President’s Council on Bioethics (PCB), and upon the event of his 90th birthday and 66th anniversary of entering the medical profession, Edmund D. Pellegrino MD, Professor Emeritus of Medicine and Philosophy at Georgetown University, Washington, DC, spoke candidly with PEHM ...

[An approach to the thinking of Edmund D. Pellegrino (II)].

This second approach to the doctrine and thinking of Edmund D. Pellegrino presents the basics of the author's proposal to reform medical ethics, based on the rehabilitation of beneficence principle in health care. It describes the research and interest of our bioethicist towards the concept of 'good' of the patient and his four components. Pellegrino's classic concepts of 'healing' and 'help' a...

[An approach to the thinking of Edmund D. Pellegrino (I)].

This essay contains an approach to the moral thinking of Pellegrino. This first part addresses the elementary sources of Medicine identity, as seen by the author, which was the starting point for his research on the role of both physicians and Medicine, and led him to his proposal to reform medical ethics. His thinking is developed in four different scopes: 1) the ideal of medical education; 2)...

François Jacob (1920–2013)

“Plus que jamais, la recherche me paraissait s’identifier à la nature humaine. En exprimer l’appétit, le désir de vivre. C’était bien le meilleur moyen trouvé par l’homme de braver le chaos de l’univers. De dominer la mort.” (More than ever, scientific research seemed to me to be intrinsic to human nature. It expressed the hunger, the desire to live. It has, in fact, been the best means found b...