Renzo Pegoraro
Biographic Data
| ID | 4497919 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Renzo Pegoraro |
| GIVEN NAMES | Renzo |
| FAMILY NAME | Pegoraro |
| SIGNATURE | PEGORARO R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Pontifical Academy of Sciences |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9368-7950 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Ethical Uncertainties
Assisted Suicide (AS)/Assisted Dying (AD), where a physician prescribes lethal medication to a terminally ill patient who intends to take it to end his/her life, is a highly controversial matter. Sound knowledge about recent legal changes and related challenges should inform considerations for clinical ethics consultation, education, and policy making. This article describes a wide spectrum of current legal contexts for AS/AD in the United Kingdo…
Catholic religious agency during the Covid-19 emergency
Christian anthropology‐based contributions to the ethics of socially assistive robots in care for older adults
Our society, in general, and health care, in particular, faces notable challenges due to the emergence of innovative digital technologies. The use of socially assistive robots in aged care is a particular digital application that provokes ethical reflection. The answers we give to the ethical questions associated with socially assistive robots are framed by ontological and anthropological considerations of what constitutes human beings and how th…
Applied humanities as the antidote for the malaise of bioethics
Introduction to Medical Humanities
Introduction to Medical Humanities
Towards a Medicine of the Invisible
The Little Prince is one of the most famous fables. In this paper, we attempt to look at three bioethical issues through the Little Prince's eyes: the end-of-life context, the patient-physician relationship and prevention/precaution. The fable gives us the basis for a perspective we have called 'Medicine of the Invisible', which is value-focused. The Little Prince suggests that we seek the invisible-the "thing that is important", the "matters of …
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Towards a Medicine of the Invisible
The Little Prince is one of the most famous fables. In this paper, we attempt to look at three bioethical issues through the Little Prince's eyes: the end-of-life context, the patient-physician relationship and prevention/precaution. The fable gives us the basis for a perspective we have called 'Medicine of the Invisible', which is value-focused. The Little Prince suggests that we seek the invisible-the "thing that is important", the "matters of …
Introduction to Medical Humanities
Introduction to Medical Humanities
Catholic religious agency during the Covid-19 emergency
Christian anthropology‐based contributions to the ethics of socially assistive robots in care for older adults
Our society, in general, and health care, in particular, faces notable challenges due to the emergence of innovative digital technologies. The use of socially assistive robots in aged care is a particular digital application that provokes ethical reflection. The answers we give to the ethical questions associated with socially assistive robots are framed by ontological and anthropological considerations of what constitutes human beings and how th…
Applied humanities as the antidote for the malaise of bioethics
Ethical Uncertainties
Assisted Suicide (AS)/Assisted Dying (AD), where a physician prescribes lethal medication to a terminally ill patient who intends to take it to end his/her life, is a highly controversial matter. Sound knowledge about recent legal changes and related challenges should inform considerations for clinical ethics consultation, education, and policy making. This article describes a wide spectrum of current legal contexts for AS/AD in the United Kingdo…
Medicine (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Bioethics (3 works) · Environmental ethics (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Social science (3 works) · Alternative medicine (2 works) · Art (2 works)