Rebecca S. Dresser, JD, MS
- Phone: (314) 935-8769
- Email: dresser@nospam.wustl.edu
Daniel Noyes Kirby Professor of Law Emerita
School of Law
Washington University
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AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Since 1983, Rebecca Dresser has taught medical and law students about legal and ethical issues in end-of-life care, biomedical research, genetics, assisted reproduction, and related topics.
PUBLICATIONS & EXPERIENCE
- Silent Partners: Human Subjects and Research Ethics, New York: Oxford University Press, 2017
- Malignant: Medical Ethicists Confront Cancer, New York: Oxford University Press, 2012 (editor and contributor)
- The Human Use of Animals: Case Studies in Ethical Choice, New York: Oxford University Press, 1998, 2d ed. 2008. Co-authored with Orlans, Beauchamp, Morton, & Gluck
- “Experimentation without Representation,” IRB: Ethics & Human Research, 40:3-7, March-April, 2018
- A Fate Worse Than Death? How Biomarkers for Alzheimer’s Disease Could Affect End-of-Life Choices,” Indiana Health Law Review 12:651-69, 2015
- “The ‘Right to Try’ Investigational Drugs: Science and Stories in the Access Debate,” Texas Law Review 93:1631-1657, 2015
- “From Double Standard to Double Bind: Informed Choice in Abortion,” Symposium on Conflicting Interests in Reproductive Autonomy and Their Impact on New Technologies, George Washington University Law Review, 76:1599-1622, 2008
- “Precommitment: A Misguided Strategy for Securing Death With Dignity,” Texas Law Review, 81:1823-1847, 2003.