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Robert D. Orr, MD, CM
Professor, The Bioethics Program of Union Graduate College/The Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Professor of Medical Ethics, Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Professor of Bioethics, Trinity International University
Professor of Family Medicine, University of Vermont College of Medicine
Clinical Ethics Consultation
End-of-Life Care
Physician-Assisted Suicide
Professional Right of Conscience
Dr. Orr received his M.D.,C.M. from McGill University in 1966, did residency training in family medicine, and practiced in Vermont for 18 years. Since completing a fellowship in Clinical Ethics at the University of Chicago, he has taught clinical ethics and directed ethics consultation services at Loma Linda University School of Medicine and at the University of Vermont College of Medicine. He lectures widely and has co-authored or co-edited 6 books, 11 book chapters, and over 150 articles on ethics, ethics consultation, and end-of-life care. His awards include the Vermont Family Doctor of the Year (1989), the Isaac Hayes and John Bell Award for Leadership in Medical Ethics and Professionalism (AMA, 1999), Scholar in Residence at the Kilns (CS Lewis Foundation , 2006) and the Servant of Christ Award (Christian Medical and Dental Associations, 2009).
Curriculum Vitae (word doc) >
Recent Publications
Orr RD. Old enough (Case Study). Hastings Center Report Nov-Dec 2007;37(6):15-16
Macauley RC, Orr RD. Quality of life – and of ethics consultation – in the NICU. Chapter 1 in Complex Ethics Consultations, Ford PJ, Dudzinski DM, eds.; Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008:15-21
Yates FD, Orr RD. Clinical ethics dilemmas. Ethics & Medicine 2008;24(1):15-18
Orr RD. Continuing "futile" ICU support at relative’s insistence. Ethics & Medicine 2009;25(3):145-7
Orr RD. Shelton W. A process and format for clinical ethics consultation. J Clin Ethics 2009; 20(1):79-89
Orr RD. Medical Ethics and the Faith Factor. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Pub., 2009
Orr RD.
Pilgrimage and profession.
HEC Forum 2003;15(4):352-61
Shaner M, Orr RD, Drought T, Siegel M. Really,
Most SINCERELY Dead: Policy and procedure in the diagnosis of death by neurologic criteria.
Neurology 2004;62:1683-6
Orr RD.
Organizational ethics is not for sissies!
Journal of Organizational Ethics 2004;1(2):123-30
Orr RD.
Rules is Rules.
Am J Bioethics (AJOB) 2006;6(3):40-1
Orr RD.
Case Commentary.
Hastings Center Report for May-June 2007 issue.
Recent Activities
Scholar in Residence at the Kilns (Oxford) 2006.
Medical Grand Rounds at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, Feb 8, 2006. "The Challenge of Preserving Patient Autonomy When Facing Death: Physician-Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia."
"A Debriefing of the Terry Schiavo Case." Audio-conference to 40 hospitals for the Risk Management and Patient Safety Institute on July 27, 2006.
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