Mary Cipriano Silva, PhD, RN, FAAN; Dr. Silva received her B.S.N. and M.S. from the Ohio State University, her Ph.D. from the University of Maryland, and her post doctorate from Georgetown University. She is a professor and the Director of the Office of Health Care Ethics, College of Nursing and Health Science, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia. She presently teaches a doctoral course on "Ethics in Health Care Administration" and is engaged in scholarship and research related to health care ethics. Dr. Silva also currently serves on the ANA Code of Ethics Project Task Force to revise the 1985 Code for Nurses.
June 10, 1998
