Tuesday, September 9, 2003
"Effects of Patents on Clinical Genetic Testing and Research"
Mildred Cho, Ph.D., Senior Research Scholar & Associate Director, Center for Biomedical Ethics, Stanford University
Sponsor: Parkland Health and Hospital System and the Program in Ethics in Science and Medicine
Tuesday, October 14, 2003
"Psychiatrists as Gatekeepers for Physician-Assisted Suicide: A Cautionary Note"
Stuart Youngner, M.D., Chair, Department of Bioethics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Sponsor: Parkland Health and Hospital System and the Program in Ethics in Science and Medicine
Tuesday, November 11, 2003
"The Doctor as Writer"
Richard Selzer, M.D., Retired Surgeon and Writer, New Haven, Connecticut
Sponsor: Parkland Health and Hospital System and the Program in Ethics in Science and Medicine
Tuesday, December 9, 2003
"Ethical Issues in New Uses of Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis"
John A. Robertson, J.D., Vinson and Elkins Chair in Law, University of Texas School of Law at Austin
Sponsor: Parkland Health and Hospital System and the Program in Ethics in Science and Medicine
Tuesday, January 13, 2004
"The Genetic Grapevine: Consumer Decision-Making and Physician Obligations"
Doris Zallen, Ph.D., Professor of Science & Technology Studies, Virginia Tech Center for Interdisciplinary Studies
Sponsor: Parkland Health and Hospital System and the Program in Ethics in Science and Medicine
Tuesday, February 10, 2004
"Advertising Medicine: Historical Perspectives on Contemporary Issues"
Nancy Tomes, Ph.D., Professor, Department of History, Social & Behavioral Sciences, State University of New York at Stony Brook
Sponsor: Parkland Health and Hospital System and the Program in Ethics in Science and Medicine
Tuesday, March 2, 2004
"The Culture of Obesity"
Sander Gilman, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of Liberal Arts and Sciences and Medicine and Director of the Humanities Laboratory, University of Illinois at Chicago
Sponsor: Parkland Health and Hospital System and the Program in Ethics in Science and Medicine
Tuesday, April 13, 2004
"The Ectogenesis Debate: Bursting Birth out of Womens' Wombs"
Rosemarie Tong, M.D., Distinguished Professor in Health Care Ethics, Department of Philosophy, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Sponsor: Parkland Health and Hospital System and the Program in Ethics in Science and Medicine
Tuesday, May 11, 2004
"Designing Humans: The Research Ethics Issues"
Rebecca Dresser, J.D., M.S., Daniel Noyes Kirby Professor of Law & Professor of Ethics in Medicine, Washington University School of Law in St. Louis.
Sponsor: Parkland Health and Hospital System and the Program in Ethics in Science and Medicine