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Providenza Loera Rocco, JD, MSW, MBE
Assistant Professor, Center for Urban Bioethics
Assistant Professor, Master of Arts in Urban Bioethics Program
- Contact Information
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- About Me
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Clinical Interests
- Hospital discharge planning and care coordination for older adults
- Nursing home transitions
- Independent living for older adults and people with disabilities with professional and community supports
- Disaster legal services
- Legal and ethical issues in end-of-life care
Research Interests
- Health disparities among older adults
- Pain management disparities among older adults in end-of-life
- Physician assisted suicide
- The village movement and aging-in-place
- Education, Training & Credentials
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Educational Background
- Fellowship, Research, Temple University Center for Health Law, Policy and Practice, Philadelphia, PA, 2013
- JD, Temple University Beasley School of Law, Philadelphia, PA, 2013
- MSW, Social Work, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2009
- MBE, Bioethics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2009
- BA, Political Science, Saint Vincent College, Latrobe, PA, 2004
Memberships
- Hospice and Palliative Nurses Foundation
- Publications
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Loera, P. (2016, Nov. 30). Impeding the Vote. Impakter.
Loera, P. (2017, Jan. 11). Hungry for Change. Impakter.