Creighton University - Center for Health Policy & Ethics

Christy A. Rentmeester, PhD

Christy A. Rentmeester, PhD

Assistant Professor, Center for Health Policy and Ethics

Post Doc, 2005, Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown, PA
PhD, 2005, Michigan State University
MA, 1999, Medical College of Wisconsin
BA, 1997, Marquette University

Christy A. Rentmeester, PhD
Creighton University Medical Center
Center for Health Policy and Ethics, 202
2500 California Plaza
Omaha, Nebraska 68178-0409
402.280.3518 (phone)
402.280.5735 (fax)
christyrentmeester@creighton.edu

Biography

Dr. Christy Rentmeester’s research interests focus on intersections of ethics and social policy in the context of healthcare. Most recently, she published the following articles:

  • Rentmeester, C. A. and DeLancey, D. B. “Trust, Translation, and HAART” Hastings Center Report 38(6):13-14, November-December 2008.
  • Rentmeester, C. A. and Garis, R. I. “Rebates and Spreads: Pharmacy Benefit Management Practices and Corporate Citizenship” Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law 33(5):943-963, rebuttal to commentary 975-978, October 2008.
  • Rentmeester, C. A. “Moral Damage to Healthcare Professionals and Trainees: Consequences for Patient Care and Collegiality” Journal of Medicine and Philosophy 33(1): 27-43, 2008.
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    Dr. Rentmeester has served on ethics consultation services of several institutions, has been a National Scholar at the Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Institute, and currently teaches healthcare professionals, health professions students, and upper-division undergraduate students. She is a member of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities (ASBH), for which she initiated and directs the Mental Health Ethics & Policy Affinity Group. She holds an appointment by the Nebraska State Board of Health.