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Last updated: September 13, 2007

Bioethics Values & Society Seminar

Faculty from U of M and elsewhere present cutting-edge work in bioethics or the study of human values relevant to health, health care, and the life sciences. (Joint effort of the Bioethics Program and the Life Sciences Values and Society Program)

 

Seminars are all located in room 7C09 at the North Ingalls Building (300

N. Ingalls) on Tuesdays, from 4 to 5:30pm (unless otherwise noted).

 

September

11        Faculty Meeting

 

18        Michael D. Fetters:  “Current teachings of ethics and professionalism at the University of Michigan: A survey of course and clerkship directors”.  

 

25        Jacqueline Yuen:  Inpatient DNR Discussions: Problems and Potential Solutions." 

 

October

  2        Susan D. Goold:  "Institutional Academic Industry Relationships:  Results of a National Survey of Department Chairs"

 

  9        CANCELED

 

16        ASBH Practice:  Michael L. Volk, Jody Platt

23        Edward B. Goldman:  Institutional Conflict of Interest”

 

30       Ken Pituch:  "Avoiding Futility Conflicts between families and medical providers"

 

November

 6         David Shalowitz:  Communicating the results of research to participants: A systematic review”

 

13        Grant Gillett (tentative):  T.B.A.

20       NO SEMINAR

 

27        Matthew M. Davis:  Implicit vs Explicit Prioritization of Recommended Vaccines

 

December

  4        NO SEMINAR

 

11               Katy (Catherine) Downs:  Discussion:  Recreational Genomics: Ethical

             and Legal Issues Associated With Commercially Available Genotyping.

 

18        NO SEMINAR

25        Christmas - NO SEMINAR

 

January

  1        New Years Day - NO SEMINAR

  8        Faculty Meeting

15        Scott Kim:  “Why We Should Stop Regulating Minimal Risk Research”

 

22        Ken Pituch:  "Can 3rd Year Medical Students Identify Ethical Principles?"

 

29        Howard Markel:  Pandemic Flu Study” (JAMA article)


 

February

  5        Maria Silveira:  "Euthanasia in the Bayou: physician assisted death in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina"  (NOTE:  4:00 – 5:00 today only)

 

12        Susan Goold:  "Research Roundtable"

19        Joseph Norman:  "Thoughts on Accounting: Why Health Is Like Crude Oil"

 

26        Badaruddin Abbasi:  “Family Planning and Unsafe Abortion: Policy Implications in Pakistan

 

 

March

  4        Bioethics Program Faculty & Staff Meeting

 

11        Farr Curlin:  Religion, Conscience, and Controversial Clinical Practices”

 

 

18        Renee Anspach:  "From Cruzan to Schiavo: How Bioethics Entered the Culture Wars," a paper co-authored with Sydney Halpern

 

25        CANCELED

 

April

  1        Kathryn Moseley:  “Discussing the Limits of Parental Discretion in Medical Decisions”

 

  8        NO SEMINAR

 

15        Angie Fagerlin:  Testing Methods for Communicating The Risks and Benefits of Breast Cancer Chemoprevention

 

22        Raymond De Vries:  "The Demise of Autonomy in Bioethics"

 

29        T.B.A.

 

May

  6        Carla Keirns:  “Oaths for the Times: Surveys of Medical Oath-Taking in the US since the 1920s"

 

13        NO SEMINAR

 

20       Scott Roberts:  "Re-contacting Research Participants about Genetic Results"

 

27        Michael Volk:  Michael Volk:  “What Can Organ Transplantation Teach Us about Reducing Healthcare Costs?"

 

 

Bioethics Grand Rounds

 

Discussions and/or reviews of important issues in clinical bioethics.

For futher information, contact Lisa Garnes, 615-2765.

 

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