Timothy Kirk is Professor of Philosophy at the City University of New York, York College, specializing in healthcare ethics with an emphasis on hospice and palliative care. He also holds an appointment in the Division of Medical Ethics at NYU Langone Medical Center. Kirk is an ethics consultant with MJHS Hospice & Palliative Care, one of the largest hospice and palliative care programs in New York State, and consults nationally with hospice and palliative care organizations. Together with Bruce Jennings, he is editor of Hospice Ethics. He is also one of the co-editors of HFA’s publication End-of-Life Ethics in A Changing World.