Medical Humanities

The collection contains the papers of Dr. Edmund D. Pellegrino and primarily documents his career at Georgetown University as Director of the Kennedy Institute of Ethics and as the founding Director of the Center for Clinical Bioethics. It includes correspondence, publications on medical ethics, course and conference files, presentation files, administrative records related to boards and committees at Georgetown University and elsewhere, memorabilia and biographical files, audiovisual recordings, and records related to the Institute of Human Values in Medicine.

Overall, the collection documents Pellegrino's contributions to the field of bioethics, particuarly as an educator and administrator at Georgetown University.