Peter H. Schwartz
Affiliated Scientist
centre for health services research
Regenstrief Institute
United States of America
Biography
Peter H. Schwartz, M.D., Ph.D. is the Interim Director of the IU Center for Bioethics. Dr. Schwartz is an Associate Professor of Medicine at IU School of Medicine and Director of the Bioethics and Subject Advocacy Program of the Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (CTSI). He is also an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Indiana University – Purdue University, Indianapolis (IUPUI), and practices adult outpatient medicine in the Eskenazi Health System.
Research Interest
He has conducted research on patient decision-making and risk communication in preventive and personalized medicine.
Publications
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Schwartz PH (2009) The value of information and the ethics of personal-genomic screening. [Open Peer Commentary] Am J Bioeth 9:26-27.
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Schwartz PH (2009) Disclosure and rationality: Comparative risk information and decision-making about prevention. Theor Med Bioeth 30: 199-213.
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Schwartz PH, Meslin EM (2008) The ethics of information:Â Absolute risk reduction and patient understanding of screening.J. Gen. Intern. Med 23: 867-870.
