Objectives:
1. Examine and describe the nature of conflicts surrounding futile treatment in hospitals.
2. Describe factors which contribute to futile treatment in hospitalized...
Oct 05, 2011
Objectives:
1. Examine and describe the nature of conflicts surrounding futile treatment in hospitals.
2. Describe factors which contribute to futile treatment in hospitalized...
May 27, 2009
“Ethical Issues in Genetic Testing” was presented by Kimberly A. Quaid, Ph.D on Wednesday May 27, 2009 in the Riley Outpatient Center Auditorium. Dr. Quaid identified different types of...
Mar 18, 2009
“Vegetative State and Related Disorders: Clinical Concepts and Ethical Dilemmas” was presented by Edward J. Dropcho, MD on Wednesday March 18, 2009 in the Riley Outpatient Center...
Feb 18, 2009
“Will they take the medicines? Children’s adherence to antiretroviral therapy in a resource-limited setting” was presented by Rachel C. Vreeman, MD, MS on Wednesday February 18, 2009 in...
Dec 17, 2008
“Leadership in Healthcare” was presented by Richard Gunderman, MD, Ph.D on December 17, 2009 in the Riley Outpatient Center Auditorium. Dr. Gunderman described the role of health...
Nov 19, 2008
“Professionalism Conflicts Created by Physician-Industry Interactions: The Case for Banning Industry from Educational Venues” was presented by Carey Chisholm, MD on November 17, 2008 in...
Sep 17, 2008
“National Health Insurance: Facts, not Rhetoric” was presented by Aaron E. Carroll MD, MS on September 17, 2008 in the Methodist Hospital Petticrew Auditorium. Dr. Carroll identified...
May 28, 2008
“Strange Bedfellows: Torture and Medical Professionals” was presented by Meg Gaffney, MD, on May 28 in the Methodist Hospital Petticrew Auditorium. Dr. Gaffney outlined the history of...
May 14, 2008
Alexia Torke, MD, MS, presented “The Challenges of Surrogate Decision Making in the Hospital” on Wednesday, May 14 at 11:30 AM in the Methodist Hospital Petticrew Auditorium. Dr. Torke...
Apr 23, 2008
Visiting professor Martha Montello, PhD, presented “Narrative Bioethics: How Stories Matter” on Wednesday, April 23 in the Riley Out-Patient Center (ROC) Auditorium. Dr. Montello...
Mar 26, 2008
Greg A. Sachs, MD, presented “Pediatrics and Geriatrics: Ethics Across the Life Course” on March 26, 2008 in the Riley Out-Patient Center (ROC) Auditorium. The lecture identifies...
Feb 27, 2008
On February 27, 2008 Richard Gunderman, MD, PhD presented “Miracles: An Examination of the Miraculous in Health Care.” This provocative lecture offers definitions of the word miracle,...