Dr. Thomas S. Tomlinson

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Michigan State University
College of Human Medicine
Center for Ethics & Humanities in the Life Sciences (CEHLS)
ProfessorAppointed: 1995
Michigan State University
College of Human Medicine
Center for Ethics & Humanities in the Life Sciences (CEHLS)
DirectorAppointed: 2000
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Mailing Address

Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences
C-208 E. Fee
Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan 48824
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (517) 355-1634
Fax: (517) 353-3289
tomlins4@msu.edu
http://www.msu.edu/user/tomlins4

Qualifications

Ph.D., Michigan State University, Philosophy, 1980.

Expertise and Research Interests

Medical ethics; bioethics; research ethics; death and dying; organ transplantation; determination of death; resource allocation; persistent vegetative state (PVS); terminal illness; elderly; futile treatment; research ethics

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Death or Dying (Mental or Social Aspects), Medical Ethics, Organ Transplantation.

Additional Terms:

Medical Ethics, Research Ethics.

Previous Positions

1987-1994, Associate Professor, Michigan State University, Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences
1981-1986, Assistant Professor, Michigan State University, Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences

Publications

  • Tomlinson T (Jun 2008) Caring for risky patients: duty or virtue?, Journal of medical ethics, 34 (6), 458-62 Abstract
  • Tomlinson T (Mar 2007) Futility beyond CPR: the case of dialysis., HEC forum : an interdisciplinary journal on hospitals' ethical and legal issues, 19 (1), 33-43 Abstract
  • (2005) Ethical Issues (Ch. 12) In Kuebler KK, Davis MP, Moore CD (eds), Palliative Practices: An Interdisciplinary Approach, St. Louis, Elsevier-Mosby (bookchapter)
  • Tomlinson T, SARS and the duty to treat: remember AIDS?, The Hastings Center Report, 34(1), 4; author reply 4, Jan-Feb 2004 Abstract
  • Andre J, Brody H, Fleck L, Thomason CL, Tomlinson T (Oct 2003) Ethics, professionalism, and humanities at Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, Academic Medicine : Journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges., 78 (10), 968-72
  • Tomlinson T, Michalski AJ, Pentz RD, Kuuppelomaki M, Futile care in oncology: when to stop trying, The Lancet Oncology, 2(12), 759-64, December 2001 Abstract
  • Tomlinson T, Telethics and the virtual intensivist--a comment on Pronovost and Williams, Journal of Clinical Ethics, 12(1), 69-72, Spring 2001 Abstract
  • Andre J, Fleck LM, Tomlinson T, On being genetically 'irresponsible', Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal, 10(2), 129-46, June 2000 Abstract
  • Andre J, Fleck L, Tomlinson T, Improving our aim, The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, 24(2), 130-47, April 1999 Abstract
  • Brody H, Tomlinson T, CPR-not-indicated and futility, Annals of Internal Medicine, 124(1 Pt 1), 75-6; discussion 77, January 1996 Abstract
  • Tomlinson T, Czlonka D, Futility and hospital policy, Hastings Center Report, 25(3), 28-35, 1995 Abstract
  • Tomlinson T, Casuistry in medical ethics: rehabilitated, or repeat offender?, Theoretical Medicine, 15(1), 5-20, March 1994 Abstract
  • Tomlinson T, Infants and others who cannot consent to donation, Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine, 60(1), 41-4, January 1993 Abstract
  • Tomlinson T, Inducements for donation: benign incentives or risky business?, Transplantation Proceedings, 24(5), 2204-6, October 1992 Abstract
  • Selig S, Tomlinson T, Hickey T, Ethical dimensions of intergenerational reciprocity: implications for practice, Gerontologist, 31(5), 624-30, October 1991 Abstract
  • Tomlinson T, Howe K, Notman M, Rossmiller D, An empirical study of proxy consent for elderly persons, Gerontologist, 30(1), 54-64, February 1990 Abstract
  • Tomlinson T, Brody H, Ethics and communication in do-not-resuscitate orders, New England Journal of Medicine, 318(1), 43-6, January 1988 Abstract
  • Tomlinson T, The physician's influence on patients' choices, Theoretical Medicine, 7(2), 105-21, June 1986 Abstract
  • Brody H, Tomlinson T, Ethics in primary care: setting aside common misunderstandings, Primary Care; Clinics in Office Practice, 13(2), 225-40, June 1986 Abstract
  • Tomlinson T, The conservative use of the brain-death criterion--a critique, Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, 9(4), 377-93, November 1984 Abstract

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