Also called: Bioethicist, Ethics Consultant
Helps doctors, patients, and families work through hard moral questions in medical care.
Gets called when a family and the ICU team disagree about continuing life support, meets with everyone, clarifies values and options, and helps reach a decision. Also teaches and writes hospital policies on issues like AI in medicine.
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Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Doctorate (PhD), about 9 years after high school. Doctorate (PhD, JD, MD, or DNP) plus bioethics training; HEC-C certification.
Ways in: Graduate school, Professional school, Certification. Training cost: $60k – $150k.
Majors to look at: Philosophy, Bioethics, Pre-Law, Nursing.
Growing about average. Small field, growing with medical technology.
Low risk for 10 years. AI can summarize cases and policy; mediating between grieving families and ICU teams over life-and-death choices stays human.
Classes: Philosophy or ethics, AP English, Debate, Biology.
Official data: O*NET occupation 19-3099.
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