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Sigrid Fry-Revere

Former Director of Bioethics Studies

Sigrid Fry-Revere is the founder and president of the Non-partisan Center for Ethical Solutions, a 501(c)(3) organization devoted to educating the public on ethical issues in Medicine. Prior to starting the Center, Fry-Revere was the director of bioethics studies at the Cato Institute. She has taught bioethics and law at the university level, been a consultant to hospitals, hospices and home health agencies, and practiced health and FDA law. Fry-Revere’s more than a hundred articles have appeared in newspapers, journals and trade publications such as the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, the Journal of Clinical Ethics, Pediatric Nursing and Genetic Engineering News. She has also written a book and edited another on bioethics consultation. Fry-Revere holds a Ph.D. in philosophy and a law degree, both from Georgetown University.




Articles and Newsletters

"Legal Trends in Bioethics," The Journal of Clinical Ethics, Winter 2007.

"Legal Trends in Bioethics," The Journal of Clinical Ethics, Fall 2007.

"No Government Funding, Please!," Clinical Advisor, August 2007.

"Legal Trends in Bioethics," The Journal of Clinical Ethics, Summer 2007.

"Review of David A. Shore (ed.), The Trust Crisis in Healthcare: Causes, Consequences, and Cures," The American Journal of Bioethics, Volume 7, Issue 7, pp. 50-52.

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Opinion and Commentary

"When It's Life or Death, Who Makes the Call?," Los Angeles Times, August 15, 2007

"Vaccination Bill Mutates," San Jose Mercury News, July 11, 2007

"Making HIV Tests Routine Threatens Patients' Privacy," Chicago Sun-Times, June 9, 2007

"HIV Testing Should Require Consent and Promise Privacy," San Francisco Chronicle, June 6, 2007

"When an Ultrasound Becomes Political," Chicago Tribune, May 17, 2007

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Events

"Curing the Trust Crisis in Health Care," April 20, 2007 [Policy Forum]

Speeches and Testimony

"Risk, Policy and Ethics," Speech, January 22, 2008.

"Government Medical Records Systems and Patient Privacy," Testimony, December 15, 2006.

"Notice Requirements for Research in Emergency Medicine," Testimony, November 19, 2006.




Multimedia

Media Appearance Sigrid Fry-Revere discusses organ markets on Marketplace (February 21, 2008) [Real Media, MP3]

Daily Podcast "Three Parents and an Embryo" featuring Sigrid Fry-Revere, February 12, 2008 [Flash Audio, 09:03]

Daily Podcast "Never Let Them Go?" featuring Sigrid Fry-Revere, January 15, 2008 [Flash Audio, 10:29]

Media Appearance Sigrid Fry-Revere discusses whether California should sell bonds to fund the controversial research on CNBC (October 4, 2007) [Windows Media]

Daily Podcast "HIV Testing: No Consent and No Privacy" featuring Sigrid Fry-Revere, June 7, 2007 [Flash Audio, 10:59]

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