Bioethics on Air: Episode 101: Faith in the Pharmacy

Pharmacy resident Angela Baalmann discusses ethical challenges facing faithful Catholic pharmacists drawing from her article “Pharmacist Refusal to Provide Contraceptive Services” published in the Spring 2022 edition of The National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly.

ArchivedJoe Zalot, PhD—Staff EthicistOctober 10, 2022Catholic Health Care, Conscience and Civil Liberties, Birth Control and Contraception, Cooperation and Double Effect

Bioethics on Air: Episode 45: President Trump's COVID-19 Treatment

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

ArchivedJoe Zalot, PhD—Staff EthicistOctober 20, 2020COVID-19, Research, Cooperation and Double Effect, Vaccines and Vaccination, abortion

Bioethics on Air: Episode 44: Fired by a Catholic Health System for Practicing Medicine as a Catholic

Megan Kreft, a physician assistant from Portland, OR, talks to Joe Zalot about her experiences working for, and being terminated by, Providence Medical Group.

ArchivedJoe Zalot, PhD—Staff EthicistOctober 12, 2020Catholic Health Care, abortion, Birth Control and Contraception, cons, Conscience and Civil Liberties, Cooperation and Double Effect, Human Sexuality, Professional Guidance, Sterilization

Bioethics on Air: Episode 34: USCCB Letter to FDA on Ethical COVID-19 Vaccine Development—with Archbishop Joseph Naumann and Greg Schleppenbach

Archbishop Joseph Naumann (Kansas City, Kansas), chairman of the USCCB Committee on Pro-Life Activities, and Greg Schleppenbach, associate director of the USCCB’s Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities, join Joe Zalot to discuss the work of the Pro-Life Committee and the US bishops’ call for the development of an ethical COVID-19 vaccine.

ArchivedJoe Zalot, PhD—Staff EthicistMay 29, 2020COVID-19, Research, Stem Cell Research, Cooperation and Double Effect, Vaccines and Vaccination

Bioethics on Air: Episode 33: COVID-19 and Ethical Challenges to Vaccine Development—with NCBC's John DiCamillo

NCBC ethicist John A. DiCamillo joins the podcast to answer concerns about COVID-19 and ethical challenges to vaccine development.

ArchivedJoe Zalot, PhD—Staff EthicistMay 8, 2020COVID-19, Research, Stem Cell Research, Cooperation and Double Effect, Vaccines and Vaccination

Bioethics on Air: Episode 14: The Principle of Double Effect—with Ethicist John Di Camillo

Bioethicist John Di Camillo explains the principle of double effect and illustrates its application through a number of case studies.

ArchivedJoe Zalot, PhD—Staff EthicistDecember 15, 2017Professional Guidance, Beginning-of-Life Issues, End-of-Life Issues, Cooperation and Double Effect, Conscience and Civil Liberties

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