Last updated on:
8/24/2007 |
Author: ProCon.org
Joshua Perry, JD Biography
- Title:
- Assistant Professor at the Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- Position:
- Not Clearly Pro or Con to the question "Should Euthanasia or Physician-Assisted Suicide Be Legal?"
- Reasoning:
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“In our opinion, the law did not fail Terri Schiavo. In fact, no end-of-life guardianship case in U.S. history has generated as much high quality evidence, judicial attention, or legal scrutiny as the Terri Schiavo case.”
“The Terri Schiavo Case: Legal, Ethical, and Medical Perspectives,” Annals of Internal Medicine, Nov.15, 2005
- Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Assistant Professor, The Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- Mentor to medical students in the medical school’s Law Emphasis program
- Post-Graduate Pew Summer Fellowship, University of Notre Dame, 1997
- Senior Articles Editor, Law Review, Vanderbilt University Law School
- Education:
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- JD, Vanderbilt University Law School, 2002
- Masters of Theological Studies, Vanderbilt University Divinity School, 2002
- BA, American Studies, summa cum laude, Lipscomb University, 1997
- Other:
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- None Found
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