Tuesday, September 13, 2005

“It’s Like Crossing a Bridge:” Decision-Making in Patients with Implantable Defibrillators”
Nathan E. Goldstein, M.D., Assistant Professor of Geriatrics, Mount Sinai Medical Center,  New York, New York 

Tuesday, October 11, 2005

“Orchestrating a Peaceful Death in the PICU”
Marcia Levetown, M.D., Health Care Communication Consultant Specializing in Ethics and Palliative Care,Houston,Texas

Tuesday, November 8, 2005

“Medical Errors: Disclosure Dilemmas”
Amy L. McGuire, J.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Medicine, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas

Tuesday, December 13, 2005

“Faith, Hope and Informed Consent: Some Ethical Challenges in Clinical Research”
Larry R. Churchill, Ph.D., Ann Geddes Sthalman Professor of Medical Ethics, Center for Clinical and  Research Ethics,  Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee

Tuesday, January 10, 2006

“Doing What . . . and for Whom? Navigating End-of-Life Decision-Making”
Kathleen Delaney, M.D., Professor of Surgery, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Thomas Wm. Mayo, J.D., Director,  Maquire Center for Ethics and Public Responsibility, Southern Methodist University, John Z. Sadler, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry, UT Southwestern Medical Center

Tuesday, February 14, 2006

“Is Autonomy Possible?”
Carl E. Schneider, J.D., Chauncey Stillman Professor of Law & Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Annn Arbor, Michigan

Tuesday, March 14, 2006

“Is Emotional Labor a Component of a Physician’s Work? Exploring Clinical Empathy”
Eric B. Larson, M.D., M.P.H., Director, Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative, Seattle, Washington

Tuesday, April 11, 2006

“‘It Hurts When I Do This . . .’ – Ethical Challenges in Treating Patients in Pain”
Sandra H. Johnson, J.D., Professor of Law, Tenet Endowed Chair in Health, Law, and Ethics, St. Louis University, St.Louis, Missouri

Tuesday, May 9, 2006

“Probing the Soul of the Basic Medical Sciences: The Importance of Teaching the Philosophical Dimensionl”   James Brawer, Ph.D., Professor of Anatomy and Cell Biology, McGill University, Montreal,  Quebec,Canada