Formerly known as Evening Ethics
Our Ethics Explored discussions provide informal, multidisciplinary discussions about current issues in healthcare ethics and typically take place every month or as timely topics arise.
Details & Schedule
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in collaboration with the Utah Center for Excellence in ELSI Research (UCEER)
Jeffrey Botkin, MD, MPH
"UCEER: The Past and Future of Scholarship in Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues in Genetics"
Dr. Jeffrey Botkin, former Principal Investigator for the Utah Center for Excellence in ELSI Research, will discuss the history of the CEER program at the NIH and the genesis of the UCEER program at the University of Utah. He will provide an overview of the rationale for the focus of the UCEER on genetic screening and will summarize the impressive productivity of the UCEER scholars from a diverse set of disciplines. The presentation will prompt a discussion of what should come next to foster national dialogue and research on the ethical, legal, and social issues in genetics.
2024 Discussions
Series is approved for 1.5 hours of CME credit ~ When in person, refreshments are offered
Keisha Ray, PhD
"More Than Just a Number: Using Our Stories to Navigate Anti-Black Racism and Poor Health"
2023-24 COWAN-MAYDEN LECTURER
THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 2024
5:30-7pm
(flyer)
HYBRID EVENT
Room: EHSEB 3515B
Virtual: through Zoom
CME available
co-sponsored with the Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library (EHSL) &
in collaboration with the U of U Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine (SFESOM) - Department of Internal Medicine
in collaboration with ICEL4 (4th International Conference on End of Life) & U of U - SJ Quinney College of Law
Nancy Berlinger, PhD
"Imagining Socially Just Policy Narratives About Dementia"
This interactive talk will present work in progress on an NEH-funded Collaborative Research project, "The Meanings of Dementia: Interpreting Cultural Narratives of Aging Societies." It will focus on ways to bring creativity and encouragement to the task of real-world policymaking by imaging socially just policy narratives for America's aging society. Drawing on health humanities approaches, we will explore several prominent cultural narratives about dementia and consider how to intervene in narratives that do not lead to improved lives for people facing dementia and for dementia caregivers.
Sabrina Derrington, MD, MA, HEC-C, FAAP
"The Arc of Hope: Existential Questions in Serious Illness"
What is the role of hope in facing a serious illness or injury? What can we do when a patient or their family are holding onto hope that is totally unrealistic? Our conversation will explore the complexities of hope for patients, families, and healthcare providers, and consider moral obligations relevant to communication and decision-making.
BACKGROUND READINGS:
- Reder, EAK and Serwint, JR. Until the Last Breath: Exploring the Concept of Hope for Parents and Health Care Professionals During a Child's Serious Illness. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2009;163(7):653–657. doi:10.1001/archpediatrics.2009.87
- Silver, Anya Krugovoy. I Watched You Disappear: Poems (Strawberries in Snow). Louisiana State University Press, 2014. Project MUSE, muse.jhu.edu/book/28553.
2023-24 DAVID GREEN LECTURER
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2024
5:30-7pm
(flyer)
HYBRID EVENT
Room: EHSEB 2680
Virtual: through Zoom
CME available
co-sponsored with Primary Children's Hospital (PCH) - Department of Pediatrics &
in collaboration with the U of U Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine (SFESOM) - Department of Pediatrics
Genetics Hot Topics
Disability & Healthcare
Wednesday, JANUARY 24, Noon-1:00pm
Mike Rembis, PhD
"Telling Stories"
What is the importance of telling stories in and about healthcare? What can the humanities bring to high-tech fields like genomics and modern medicine? How are Disability Studies scholars and disability historians changing the way we think about patients and their perspectives? Professor Rembis will address these and other questions in a talk that draws from his many years researching the history of eugenics, disability, madness, and asylums in the United States.
co-sponsored with the Utah Center for Excellence in ELSI Research (UCEER)
General Info
1.5 hours of CME credit | When in person, refreshments are offered
*To protect the privacy of all who attend and the tempo of the discussion:
1) the virtual side of hybrid meetings will start in the Waiting Room
2) participants need to email the Center to receive a passcode
A Center member facilitates each discussion, which are guided by the topic, and we invite people with relevant expertise, experience, and informed opinions to join us as moderators, speakers, and/or panelists. Generally, 15-40 people from a variety of disciplines, including healthcare, public policy, philosophy, law, and business attend. When relevant, we make available, in advance, short articles from the nation's most thoughtful newspapers, journals, and magazines to help enliven our discussions.
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