Resumen de Semblanza de un maestro
- español
Se describe a grandes rasgos los datos biográficos de Edmund D. Pellegrino, su origen modesto y las dificultades para acceder a los estudios de Medicina, un breve recorrido por su vida profesional como médico internista, profesor de Medicina y escritor, sus numerosas nominaciones y cargos de la más alta responsabilidad de importantes instituciones sanitarias, escuelas de Medicina y Universidades de Estados Unidos. Se hace a alusión a su extraordinario curriculum, a sus innumerables homenajes, nombramientos y premios y se destaca su extraordinaria contribución a la bioética clínica. Sus últimas décadas en la Universidad de Georgetown y su contribución a la reforma de la ética médica fueron de una creatividad extraordinaria, que le llevó a alcanzar un prestigio legendario
- English
Some biographical data are given about the life of Edmund D. Pellegrino, his modest origins, his effort to get to study Medicine and an overview to his professional life as internist physician, Medicine professor and writer, besides his multiple nominations and high-responsibility appointments in healthcare institutions, medical schools and universities throughout the United States. There are several mentions of his impressive resume and of the numerous tributes he received, as well as appointments and distinctions, and finally, it is also stressed his extraordinary contribution to clinical bioethics. His last decades at Georgetown University and his creative contribution to reform medical ethics led him to achieve a legendary prestige
