MEDIA ADVISORY: Leading Minds in Medicine to Discuss State of Clinical Medical Ethics at the 25th Dorothy J. MacLean Fellows Conference
Dozens gathering to share research and examine key ethics issues facing patients and health care professionals
WHAT: More than 50 researchers, physicians and fellows from the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics from various parts of the world will gather Nov. 15 and 16, 2013, to lead discussions and debates on critical ethical issues facing patients, doctors, nurses, allied health workers and health care institutions. Celebrating its 25th year, the Dorothy J. MacLean Fellows Conference will focus on key themes and issues such as global health, patient decision-making, research ethics, end-of-life care, organ transplantation, and pediatric and surgical ethics, among other topics.
Interviews with MacLean Center Director Mark Siegler, MD, are available upon request. Media wishing to attend the two-day conference, contact Mike McHugh ([email protected], 773-702-3641). WHERE: The University of Chicago Law School, 1111 E. 60th St.WHEN: Friday, Nov. 15, and Saturday, Nov. 16, 2013
Friday 7:45 a.m. Welcome 8 a.m. Keynote “Social Entrepreneurship and Global Health” 8:30 a.m. Panel 1: Global Health 10:15 a.m. Keynote “The Invention of Primary Care” 10:40 a.m. Panel 2: Contributions of Clinical Ethics to Patient Care1:40 p.m. Keynote “From Quinlan to Ashley X: A Retrospective on Disability, Health Care and the Role of Clinical Medical Ethics” 2:10 p.m. Panel 3: Ethical Issues at the End of Life 3:50 p.m. Keynote “Ethical Issues in Uterine Transplantation" 4:20 p.m. Panel 4: Ethical Issues in Organ Transplantation 6 p.m. Fellows, Faculty and Family Party
Saturday 8 a.m. Keynote “Just Me and My Harp: Lessons from a Lifetime of Ethics and Palliative Care Consultation and Harmonica Playing” 8:30 a.m. Keynote “What We Talk About When We Talk About Ethics” 8:50 a.m. Panel 5: What is Clinical Ethics? 10:35 a.m. Panel 6: Ethical Issues in Research 1:30 p.m. Panel 7: Emerging Topics in Clinical Ethical 3:55 p.m. Panel 8: Surgical Ethics 5:25 p.m. Conference Wrap-Up
WHO: Present and former MacLean fellows from Canada, Madrid, and Buenos Aires, as well as Arizona, Indiana, Oregon, Washington, Missouri, California, Virginia, North Carolina, Maryland, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania, will participate in keynote and panel discussions. Among the keynote speakers:
- Peter Singer, Grand Challenges Canada, “Social Entrepreneurship and Global Health”- Joel Howell, University of Michigan, “The Invention of Primary Care”- Mark Siegler, the University of Chicago, “The Birth of Clinical Medical Ethics”- Eric Kodish and Andreas Tzakis, Cleveland Clinic, “Ethical Issues in Uterine Transplantation”- David Schiedermayer, Medical College of Wisconsin, “Just Me and My Harp: Lessons from a Lifetime of Ethics and Palliative Care Consultation and Harmonica Playing”- John Lantos, University of Missouri, “What We Talk about When We Talk about Ethics”
OTHER DETAILS: There is no fee for this two-day conference. On Friday, parking will be available at the University of Chicago Medicine parking garage at 5840 S. Maryland Ave., which is a 10-minute walk to the Law School (1111 E. 60th St.). On Saturday, street parking will be plentiful along the Midway Plaisance near the conference site. The Law School is also within walking distance of the 57th and 59th Street Metra stops.
Here is the full conference schedule.
About the MacLean Center for Clinical Ethics Founded in 1984, the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics at the University of Chicago is the oldest program in clinical ethics in the world and one of the oldest university bioethics programs in the United States. Clinical medical ethics is a field that examines the practical, everyday ethical issues that arise in encounters among patients, doctors, nurses, allied health workers, and health care institutions. The goal of clinical ethics is to improve patient care and patient outcomes. Since the founding of the MacLean Center and largely through the efforts of its faculty members and fellowship graduates, the study of clinical medical ethics has expanded from the bedside to encompass virtually all aspects of health care.
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