Ben A. Rich, Ph.D., J.D.

Clinical/Research Interests

Dr. Rich is an attorney with a doctoral degree in philosophy. He has substantial experience in both private practice and as a legal counsel for several leading academic medical centers. His special interests include the legal and ethical aspects of the physician-patient relationship, end-of-life care and pain management. He received the Mayday Scholar's Award and the University of Colorado President's Fund for the Humanities Award. Dr. Rich is working to further develop the UC Davis Bioethics Program and its training of medical staff, students and other professionals.

Title:

Professor and Alumni Association Endowed Chair

Specialty:

Bioethics, Internal Medicine

Center/Program Affiliation:

Bioethics Program

Education:

University of Colorado, Boulder
Boulder, Colorado
Ph.D. 1995

Washington University School of Law
St. Louis, Missouri
J.D. 1973

DePauw University
Greencastle, Indiana
B.A. 1969

Select Recent Publications:

Rich, B.A. Causation and Intent: Persistent Conundums in End of Life Care. Cambridge Quarterly of Health Care Ethics, Vol. 16, No. 1, 16: 63-73.

Rich, B.A. Physician Paternalism v. Respect for Patient Autonomy: The More Things Change the More They Remain the Same, Journal of Medicine and Law 10: 87-124.

Rich, B.A. The Treating Physician as Expert Witness: Ethical and Pragmatic Considerations. Pain Medicine 7: 460-463.

Rich, B.A. Medical custom and medical ethics: rethinking the standard of care. Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics 14: 27-39.

Rich, B.A. Bioethics in court. The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics 33:194-197.

Rich, B.A. The politics of pain: rhetoric or reform. DePaul University Journal of Health Care Law 8: 519-558.

Rich, B. A. Oregon versus Ashcroft: the battle over the soul of medicine. Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, 12: 310-321, 2003.

Rich, B. A. A placebo for the pain: a medico-legal case analysis. Pain Medicine, 4: 366-372, 2003.

Rich, B. A. Moral lessons from the jury box. Journal of Pain & Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy, 16: 81-92, 2002.

Rich, B. A. The ethics of surrogate decision making. Western Journal of Medicine, 176: 127-129, 2002.