Nancy S. Jecker

Nancy Ann Silbergeld Jecker (born October 25, 1960) is a bioethicist, philosopher, and author. She is Professor of Bioethics and Humanities at the University of Washington School of Medicine, Department of Bioethics and Humanities, with Adjunct Professorships at the university's Department of Philosophy, School of Law, and Department of Global Health. She also holds visiting professorships at the University of Johannesburg, Gauteng South Africa and the Chinese University of Hong Kong Centre for Bioethics

Education Jecker earned a bachelor's degree in philosophy from Stanford University (1982), and master's degrees in philosophy from both Stanford University (1982) and the University of Washington (1984). She was awarded the PhD in philosophy from the University of Washington (1986) ) Schneiderman LJ, Jecker NS, Jonsen AR. Medical futility: response to critiques. Annals of Internal Medicine. 1996 Oct 15;125(8):669-74. (Cited 221 times, according to Google Scholar. ) Jecker NS, Self DJ. Separating care and cure: An analysis of historical and contemporary images of nursing and medicine. The Journal of medicine and philosophy. 1991 Jun 1;16(3):285-306. Cited144 times. Shah SK, Miller FG, Darton TC, Duenas D, Emerson C, Lynch HF, Jamrozik E, Jecker NS, Kamuya D, Kapulu M, Kimmelman J. Ethics of controlled human infection to address COVID-19. Science. 2020 May 22;368(6493):832-4. (open access) (Cited 88 times. ) Jecker NS. You've got a friend in me: sociable robots for older adults in an age of global pandemics. Ethics and Information Technology. 2020 Jul 16:1-9. Cited 32 times. Jecker NS. Nothing to be ashamed of: sex robots for older adults with disabilities. Journal of Medical Ethics. 2021 Jan 1;47(1):26-32. (Cited 20 times )