Courses Taught
Health Care Ethics, Clinical Health Care Ethics, Clinical Internships in Health Care Ethics, Method in Moral Theology Research, Publications, and Service

Research, Publications and Service
Dr. Kelly is professor of Theology and Health Care Ethics and serves as the director of the Health Care Ethics Program. His primary interest in recent research and publication has been the application of theological ethics to areas of current importance on health care.

He has lectures widely to both theological and medical communities on health care ethics, especially concerning issues of forgoing treatment, resource allocation, and cost containment. Research and publication projects address these areas as well as genetic engineering, organ transplantation, and certain methodological questions in moral theology.

His publications include three books, The Emergence of Roman Catholic Medical Ethics in North America (1979), A Theological Basis for Health Care and Health Care Ethics (1985), and Critical Care Ethics: Treatment Decisions in American Hospitals (1991), as well as numerous articles on moral theology and medical ethics in various professional journals. Dr. Kelly is the 1993 recipient of Duquesne University's "Presidential Award for Excellence in Scholarship." He is currently finishing a new book on Health Care Ethics for Georgetown University Press.

Dr. Kelly serves as consultant to a number of hospital Ethics Committees. He is an Ethics Consultant at the Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh, where he works in the clinical context.

Curriculum Vitae

kellyd@duq.edu

David F. Kelly, Ph.D.
Director, Health Care Ethics Center
Duquesne University
Pittsburgh, PA 15282
Phone: 412-396-6532
Center: 412-396-4902
Fax: 412-396-4904