The Legal and Ethical Issues of Dying to be Discussed at Assumption College
(Private Lecture)
Worcester, MA—Rev. John J. Paris, S.J., the Michael P. Walsh Professor of Bioethics, Boston College, will deliver the distinguished Assumption College President’s Council Lecture on Wednesday, May 8, 2002 at 6:00 p.m. in Hagan Campus Center Hall on the campus of the College. The topic of the lecture is "End of Life Care: Ethical and Legal Issues."

Rev. John Paris, S.J. is an internationally known authority on the medical, legal, and ethical aspects of health care treatment decisions.
He holds three master’s degrees and two doctoral degrees, including a bachelor’s and a master’s from Boston College, as well as both an M.A. and Ph.D. in social ethics from the University of Southern California. Fr. Paris served as a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow on two occasions and as a visiting scholar at six different Universities, including the Schools of Medicine at the University of Chicago, Georgetown University and the University of Pennsylvania.

Currently a Clinical Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health at Tufts Medical School, he has served as consultant to the President’s Commission for the Study of Ethics in Medicine, the United States Senate Committee on Aging, and the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment. He has published more than 100 articles in the areas of law, medicine, and ethics in publications such as The New England Journal of Medicine, The Journal of the American Medical Association, The Journal of Intensive Care Medicine and The Wall Street Journal. He is the Ethics Section Editor of The Journal of Perinatology.
A professor at College of the Holy Cross for 21 years prior to his appointment at Boston College in 1991, Fr. Paris has appeared on television news programs such as 20/20, 60 Minutes and Good Morning America, and has been interviewed by both Connie Chung and Tom Brokaw.
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Fr. Paris has served as a consultant and expert witness in many of the landmark biomedical cases including Karen Ann Quinlan, Paul Brophy, Baby Jane Doe, Jobes, Baby K and Gilgunn. He lectures throughout the country to bar associations, judicial conferences, medical societies and hospital administrators.
The President Council Distinguished Lecture Series is for members of the Assumption College President's Council and other invited guests.