Mark Siegler
Encyclopedia
Mark Siegler is an American physician
who specialized in internal medicine
. He is a leading medical ethicist, and he works at the University of Chicago
, where he heads the medical ethics center. He is a fellow at the Hastings Center
, and a co-author of Clinical Ethics: A Practical Approach to Ethical Decisions in Clinical Medicine along with Albert R. Jonsen
and William J. Winslade
.
Physician
A physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...
who specialized in internal medicine
Internal medicine
Internal medicine is the medical specialty dealing with the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of adult diseases. Physicians specializing in internal medicine are called internists. They are especially skilled in the management of patients who have undifferentiated or multi-system disease processes...
. He is a leading medical ethicist, and he works at the University of Chicago
University of Chicago
The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
, where he heads the medical ethics center. He is a fellow at the Hastings Center
Hastings Center
The Hastings Center, founded in 1969, is an independent, non-partisan, non-profit bioethics research institute based in the United States. It is dedicated to the examination of essential questions in health care, biotechnology, and the environment...
, and a co-author of Clinical Ethics: A Practical Approach to Ethical Decisions in Clinical Medicine along with Albert R. Jonsen
Albert R. Jonsen
Albert R. Jonsen Ph.D., is a biomedical ethicist and author. He is Emeritus Professor of Ethics in Medicine at the University of Washington, School of Medicine, where he was Chairman of the Department of Medical History and Ethics from 1987-1999, and currently is Co-Director of the Program in...
and William J. Winslade
William J. Winslade
William J. Winslade , Ph.D., J.D., is the James Wade Rockwell Professor of Philosophy of Medicine at the Institute for Medical Humanities, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston and Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law and Associate Director for Graduate Programs, Health Law & Policy...
.