Margaret McLean: Making Life and Death Ethical Decisions in the Pandemic and in Life

Margaret McLean is the director of bioethics at the Markkula
Center for Applied Ethics. She is also senior lecturer in
religious studies and affiliate faculty in bioengineering. She
teaches courses on ethics related to healthcare and
biotechnology. 


In 2017, she was awarded a Certificate of Special Congressional
Recognition from the Congress of the United States and the Santa
Clara County Medical Association Citizen’s Award in recognition
of her significant contribution to the health field.


In this conversation, we discuss how hospitals are making life
and death ethical decisions, how the pandemic is impacting
vulnerable communities, how normal people can help change unjust
systems, how religion impacts ethics, and how working with
end-of-life patients has shaped how Margaret thinks about
death. 


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