David Sontag is an attorney currently practicing health care law at a large Boston law firm. David also is a bioethicist. He received his law degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 2003, as well as his masters in bioethics from the University of Pennsylvania Center for Bioethics in 2003. David has taught various courses related to health law and bioethics at Drexel University, Rutgers School of Law - Camden and the University of Pennsylvania Center for Bioethics. Also, he is currently on the Advisory Board of the Institute of Catholic Bioethics at Saint Joseph's University. David welcomes this opportunity to discuss cutting edge bioethics issues with Mazz and the 1210 listeners.
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1210 Tonight: The Moral Compass 6-30-08
Dr. Mazz and David Sontag want to know if patients should be informed of any risky behavior engaged in by the organ donor of an organ they are about to recieve.
1210 Tonight: The Moral Compass 6-18-08
Dr. Mazz and David Sontag examine the impropriety that took place when a Japanese gangster donated money in order to move to the top of the organ waiting list.
1210 Tonight: The Moral Compass 6-9-08
Dr. Mazz and David Sontag ask whether or not you consider it ethical to pay poor people to conduct medical research studies.