November 11

2pm-3:30pm

Sage 5510

Medical ethics has long been oriented to addressing crisis. These crises are often at the level of the individual patient and their family, as health care providers and hospitals weigh projected outcomes against the resources they have available. But medical ethics in the U.S. was born in a moment of crisis–the Holocaust–and ratified through several crises in the U.S., like the events of Tuskegee and the AIDS epidemic. Today, we’re facing another set of unfolding crises: What lessons can be learnt from medical decision-making in past crises? How can medical ethics respond in the present?

Join Liz Bowen (Bioethics & Humanities, SUNY Upstate Medical Center), Johanna Crane (Alden March Bioethics Institute), Michele Friedner (Comparative Human Development, University of Chicago), and Matthew Wolf-Meyer (Science and Technology Studies, RPI) for this conversation.