Sigrid Fry-Revere
Former Director of Bioethics Studies
Sigrid Fry-Revere is the former director of bioethics studies at the Cato Institute. She focuses on legal and policy issues in the life sciences with a particular emphasis on the social impact of new medical developments. Her areas of interest include genetic engineering, neuroethics, reproductive technologies, end-of-life decisions, and research ethics. She also deals with issues such as informed consent, cultural diversity, and family prerogatives in health care.
Fry-Revere has had articles published in the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal. She has been published in trade magazines, such as Pediatric Nursing and Genetic Engineering News and academic publications, such as the Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, The Journal of Clinical Ethics and the American Journal of Bioethics. She has also written two books on clinical ethics consultation: The Accountability of Bioethics Committees and Consultants (University Publishing Group, 1992) and Ethics & Answers in Home Health Care: A Practical Guide for Dealing with Bioethical Issues in Your Organization (Project Director and Primary Author) (George Mason U., 1995).
Prior to joining Cato, Fry-Revere was a consultant to several hospitals, home health agencies, and hospices in the Washington, D.C. area. She has taught at the University of Virginia and George Mason University, and practiced FDA and health law at Arent, Fox, Kintner, Plotkin & Kahn. Sigrid Fry-Revere has a Ph.D. in philosophy (bioethics) and a law degree 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.
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
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
Sigrid Fry-Revere discusses organ markets on Marketplace (February 21, 2008) [Real Media, MP3]
"Three Parents and an Embryo" featuring Sigrid Fry-Revere, February 12, 2008 [Flash Audio, 09:03]
"Never Let Them Go?" featuring Sigrid Fry-Revere, January 15, 2008 [Flash Audio, 10:29]
Sigrid Fry-Revere discusses whether California should sell bonds to fund the controversial research on CNBC (October 4, 2007) [Windows Media]
"HIV Testing: No Consent and No Privacy" featuring Sigrid Fry-Revere, June 7, 2007 [Flash Audio, 10:59]