Douglas S. Diekema
Adjunct Professor, Health Systems and Population Health
Professor, Pediatrics – Bioethics
Adjunct Professor, Bioethics and Humanities
Adjunct Professor, Medicine – Emergency Medicine
Clinical Director, Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics
206-987-4346 | diek@uw.edu
Seattle Children’s Research Institute, 1900 Ninth Avenue, MS: JMB-6, Seattle, WA 98101
Research Interests
Bioethical issues; consent and confidentiality issues in pediatrics; the limits of parental medical decision-making authority for children; ethics and child health policy; ethics in emergency medicine; disaster and pandemic preparedness; coronavirus; Covid-19; emerging diseases; epidemics; ethical issues related to pandemic response and policy; disease outbreaks
Education
MD University of North Carolina, 1985
MPH Health Services, University of Washington, 1993
BS Biology, Calvin College, 1981
News
With guns drawn, officers raided home to get feverish child
The New York Times, 03/29/2019
Case Sparks Debate About Teen Decision Making in Health
US News & World Report, 01/23/2015
Circumcision benefits outweigh risks, pediatrics report says
Seattle Times, 08/26/2012
Whooping Cough: One Mom’s Story
Seattle/Local Health Guide, 05/29/2012
How Do Vaccine Schedules for Kids Get Designed?
The Wall Street Journal, 04/13/2012
More Doctors ‘Fire’ Vaccine Refusers
Wall Street Journal, 02/17/2012