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Allison M. Whelan

Holly Fernandez Lynch, JD, MBE, is the John Russell Dickson, MD Presidential Assistant Professor of Medical Ethics in the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy at Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine. She is also the Assistant Faculty Director of Online Education, helping to lead the university’s first online master’s degree, the Master of Health Care Innovation, and other online offerings.
  • Bioethics

    The Great Vaccination Debate Rages On: Is There Any Solution?

    By Allison M. Whelan For many years now, there has been ongoing debate about childhood vaccinations and the recent measles outbreak in Disneyland and its subsequent spread to other states has brought vaccinations and questions…

    The Great Vaccination Debate Rages On: Is There Any Solution?

  • Bioethics

    Federal Newborn Screening Law Emphasizes Informed Consent

    By Allison M. Whelan (Guest Blogger) On December 18, 2014, President Obama signed into law the Newborn Screening Saves Lives Reauthorization Act of 2014. The Act includes new timeliness and tracking measures to ensure newborn babies…

    Federal Newborn Screening Law Emphasizes Informed Consent

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    PERINATAL HOSPICE: NEW THEORIES ABOUT WHAT CHOICE MEANS

    By Allison M. Whelan So much of the political and legal debate about reproductive choice centers on abortion.  In doing so, these debates obscure so many other reproductive choices women must make.  And the choices…

    PERINATAL HOSPICE: NEW THEORIES ABOUT WHAT CHOICE MEANS