Physicians

Director of Clinical Ethics, Duke University Hospital

Departments / Divisions

• Pediatrics / Pediatrics-Hematology/Oncology
• Medicine / Medicine - Oncology

Address
DUMC 102382
Durham, NC 27710

Appointment Telephone
919-684-3401

Office Telephone
919-668-9025

Fax Telephone
919-681-7950

Training

• MD, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine (Ohio), 1978

Residency

• Pediatrics, Children's Hospital, Boston (Massachusetts), 1978-1980

Fellowship

• Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Children's Hospital, Boston/Dana Farber Cancer Institute (Massachusetts), 1980-1984
• Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Harvard University (Massachusetts), 1981-1985

Other Training

• MA, Philosophy, Duke University, 2008

Clinical Interests
Clinical medical ethics, philosophy of biology, pediatric oncology, childhood cancers (leukemia, lymphoma, solid tumors), long-term follow-up of childhood cancer survivors

Research Interests
My main interests are clinical ethics with a concentration in medical decision-making including equitable allocation of scarce resources (rationing). In this area, I have done work on planning for pandemic influenza and allocation of drugs during shortages. I play a major role in the Clinical Ethics Service at Duke Hospital and chair the hospital's Ethics Committee.

Industry Relationships and Collaborations (What's this?)

This faculty member has no reported relationships with industry.

Representative Publications
Coleman, DL; Rosoff, PM. The legal authority of mature minors to consent to general medical treatment. Pediatrics. 2013;131:786-793. (2013) Abstract

Arawi, T; Rosoff, PM. Competing duties: medical educators, underperforming students, and social accountability. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry. 2012;9:135-147. (2012) Abstract

Rosoff, PM. Institutional Futility Policies are Inherently Unfair. HEC Forum. 2012; (2012) Abstract

Rosoff, PM. The myth of genetic enhancement. Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics. 2012;33:163-178. (2012) Abstract

Rosoff, PM. Unpredictable drug shortages: an ethical framework for short-term rationing in hospitals. The American Journal of Bioethics. 2012;12:1-9. (2012) Abstract

Rosoff, PM; Patel, KR; Scates, A; Rhea, G; Bush, PW; Govert, JA. Coping with critical drug shortages: an ethical approach for allocating scarce resources in hospitals. Archives of Internal Medicine. 2012;172:1494-1499. (2012) Abstract

Rosoff, PM. I'll be a monkey's uncle: a moral challenge to human genetic enhancement research. Journal of Medical Ethics. 2011;37:611-615. (2011) Abstract

Rosoff, PM. Is medical ethics education effective?. Lebanese Medical Journal. 2011;59:12-16. (2011) Abstract

Rosoff, PM; DeCamp, M. Preparing for an influenza pandemic: are some people more equal than others?. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. 2011;22:19-35. (2011) Abstract

Rosoff, PM. Should palliative care be a necessity or a luxury during an overwhelming health catastrophe?. The Journal of Clinical Ethics. 2010;21:312-320. (2010) Abstract

Bruce, CR; Flamm, AL; Leblanc, TW; Rosoff, PM. Is there a duty to inform patients of phase I trials?. The virtual mentor : VM. 2009;11:207-214. (2009) Abstract

Rosoff, PM. Perspective roundtable: lethal injection. New England Journal of Medicine. 2008;358:2183. (2008) Abstract

Rosoff, PM. Physician responsibility for patients' quality of life. The virtual mentor : VM. 2008;10:401-403. (2008) Abstract

Rosoff, PM. The ethics of care: social workers in an influenza pandemic. Social Work in Health Care: the journal of health care work. 2008;47:49-59. (2008) Abstract

Rosoff, PM. A central role for palliative care in an influenza pandemic. Journal of Palliative Medicine. 2006;9:1051-1053. (2006) Abstract

Rosoff, PM. The two-edged sword of curing childhood cancer. New England Journal of Medicine. 2006;355:1522-1523. (2006) Abstract

Rosoff, PM; Rosenberg, A. How Darwinian reductionism refutes genetic determinism. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences. 2006;37:122-135. (2006) Abstract

Demark-Wahnefried, W; Werner, C; Clipp, EC; Guill, AB; Bonner, M; Jones, LW; Rosoff, PM. Survivors of childhood cancer and their guardians. Cancer. 2005;103:2171-2180. (2005) Abstract

Rosoff, PM; Larrier, N; Rice, HE. Intra-abdominal desmoid tumor after successful treatment for Hodgkin disease. Pediatric Blood and Cancer. 2005;45:728-731. (2005) Abstract

Rosoff, PM; Werner, C; Clipp, EC; Guill, AB; Bonner, M; Demark-Wahnefried, W. Response rates to a mailed survey targeting childhood cancer survivors: a comparison of conditional versus unconditional incentives. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention. 2005;14:1330-1332. (2005) Abstract

Rosoff, PM. Can underpowered clinical trials be justified?. IRB: A Review of Human Subjects Research. 2004;26:16-19. (2004) Abstract

Ressler, IB; Cash, J; McNeill, D; Joy, S; Rosoff, PM. Continued parental attendance at a clinic for adult survivors of childhood cancer. Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology. 2003;25:868-873. (2003) Abstract

Rosoff, PM. Industrial collaboration. New England Journal of Medicine. 2003;348:863-864. (2003) Abstract