Rebecca Dresser, JD, MS, is Daniel Noyes Kirby Professor Emeritus of Law and Professor of Ethics in Medicine at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. As a legal scholar and bioethicist, her areas of expertise include end-of-life care, biomedical research protocols, genetics, assisted reproduction, and the ethics of using animals in scientific research. She has written five books and dozens of articles for scholarly and public audiences. From 2002-2009, she was a member of the President’s Council on Bioethics during the Bush administration.
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Rebecca Dresser, JD, MS
Rebecca Dresser, JD, MS
Daniel Noyes Kirby Professor Emeritus of Law and Professor of Ethics in Medicine,
Washington University in St. Louis

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