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Clinical Ethics Seminars

Hosted by the Quality of Life Program of the Center for Ethics and the School of Medicine at Emory, this monthly seminar focuses on ethics in clinical practice. Each seminar meets from 4:00-5:00pm and features a presentation on applied ethics in the speaker's area of expertise. Upcoming clinical ethics seminars will be held on: Jan. 25, Feb. 22, Mar. 22, Apr. 26, May 24, Jun. 28, Jul. 26, and Aug. 23. For more information, contact Marian Osborne (mosborn@emory.edu or 404.727.5048)

February 21, 2007

Jewish Bioethics as a Model for Contemporary Society
Dr. Baruch Brody is the 2007 Tenenbaum Lecturer in Judaic Studies at Emory University. As the Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Humanities in the Department of Philosophy at Rice University, he directs the ethics program at The Methodist Hospital. Professor Brody is also the Leon Jaworski Professor of Biomedical Ethics and director of the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy at Baylor College of Medicine, where he regularly joins students, interns and residents on grand rounds. A prolific author on such topics as abortion, life and death decision-making, and the ethics of biomedical research, Dr. Brody has served on many boards and advisory committees for medical institutes and has helped 11 healthcare institutions organize their ethics committees. Direct any questions to: Mary Jo Duncanson at mdunca2@emory.edu

March 8, 2007

Protecting the Rights and Welfare of Human Research Subjects
Co-Chair of the Executive Committee of Yale University’s Interdisciplinary Bioethics Center, Professor of Medicine and Lecturer in Pharmacology at Yale University School of Medicine, past Chair of the Institutional Review Board at Yale-New Haven Medical Center, and Director of the Law, Policy and Ethics Core of Yale University’s Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, Dr. Levine will speak on research ethics as regards human subjects.

March 14-16, 2007

Developing Skills for Healthcare Ethics Programs
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

March 22-24, 2007

World Law and World Health: Especially Health of Women in Developing Countries
Emory University School of Law, Atlanta, GA

April 19-20, 2007

Changing the Way We Die: Religion, Medicine and Improving the Dying Process
A forum, co-sponsored by the Center for Ethics and the Emory University Initiative on Religion and the Human Spirit.