Monday, September 13, 1999

"Medical Futility: Principles and Process"
Robert L. Fine, M.D., Department of Geriatric Medicine and Office of Medical Ethics, Baylor University Health System
Sponsor: Fred Grinnell, Ph.D.

Tuesday, October 12, 1999

"Strategies to Enhance Autonomy in Vulnerable Subjects of Research"
Laurence McCullough, Ph.D., Center for Ethics, Medicine, and Public Issues, Baylor College of Medicine, TX
Sponsor: John Sadler, M.D.

Monday, November 8, 1999

"Should Ethical Standards and Procedures for Research be the Same in Developed and Developing Countries?"
Ruth Macklin, Ph.D., Department of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York
Sponsor: Frederick Grinnell, Ph.D.

Tuesday, December 14, 1999

"Conflict Between Autonomy and Beneficience in Medical Decisions"
Donald W. Seldin, M.D., Department of Internal Medicine, UT Southwestern
Sponsor: Frederick Grinnell, Ph.D.

Monday, January 10, 2000

"Ethics and Genetics: The Next 100 Years"
Glenn McGee, Ph.D., Center for Bioethics, University of Pennsylvania
Sponsor: Frederick Grinnell, Ph.D.

Monday, January 24, 2000

"Ethical and Social Issues in the Emerging Pharmacogenomics"
Eric Juengst, Ph.D., Center for Bioethics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
Sponsor: John Sadler, M.D.

Tuesday, February 8, 2000

"The Ethical Gatekeeper in Managed Care: An Oxymoron?"
Howard Brody, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Family Practice, Michigan State University
Sponsors: John Sadler, M.D. and Shelley Roaten, M.D.

Monday, March 13, 2000

"Treatment Refusal and Physician-Assisted Suicide"
Tom L. Beauchamp, Ph.D., Kennedy Institute of Ethics and the Department of Philosophy, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
Sponsor: Donald Seldin, M.D.

Tuesday, April 11, 2000

"The Court-Ordered Involuntary Patient: A Guide for Dallas Clinicians"
John Z. Sadler, M.D., Department of Psychiatry, UT Southwestern
Thomas Wm. Mayo, J.D., Department of Internal Medicine, UT Southwestern; School of Law, Southern Methodist University, TX

Monday, May 8, 2000

"Terminal Sedation"
J. Andrew Billings, M.D., Palliative Care Service, Massachusetts General Hospital
Sponsor: Robert L. Fine, M.D.