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Prof Nancy Jecker
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Prof. Nancy Jecker is Professor of Bioethics & Humanities at the University of Washington School of Medicine, Department of Bioethics & Humanities . She is Adjunct Professor at the University of Washington Department o
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Prof. Nancy Jecker is Professor of Bioethics & Humanities at the University of Washington School of Medicine, Department of Bioethics & Humanities . She is Adjunct Professor at the University of Washington Department of Philosophy and the School of Law. She is the author (with Lawrence Schneiderman) of Wrong Medicine: Doctors, Patients and Futile Treatment, 2nd edition (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011), and the editor (with Albert Jonsen and Robert Pearlman) of Bioethics: An Introduction to the History, Methods, and Practice, 3rd Edition (Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2011). Her articles have appeared in The Journal of the American Medical Association , The American Journal of Bioethics , The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy , The Journal of Value Inquiry , and other publications. She teaches Ethical Theory (BH 402/PHIL 412), Metaethics (BH 404/PHIL 413), Justice in Health Care (BH 474/PHIL 411), Philosophical Problems in Bioethics (BH 420), and Introduction to Bioethics (BH 411).