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The Division of Medical Ethics is deeply committed to making HMS an intellectual center for public debate and discussion on issues of concern to scientists, medical professionals, and the general public. The Division’s public programs help fulfill the University’s responsibility as a center of learning, serving audiences beyond the boundaries of the academic community. The Division sponsors public lectures, debates, and symposia that bring together experts in various fields with members of HMS, the University and the larger community. These programs provide a forum for dialogue and debate on a wide range of contemporary health care issues.
- FACULTY SEMINAR
The Medical Ethics Faculty Seminar, directed by Division faculty member Marcia Angell, brings together healthcare professionals from around the University for monthly presentations and discussions around a single theme. Themes from previous years have included, “The State of Bioethics,” “The Role of the Pharmaceutical Industry in American Medicine”, “How We Die”, and “Moral Erosion: When (And How) To Say No”. - FORUMS
The Medical Ethics Forum brings together experts to address a topic of current interest, devoting the first hour to several speakers, and the second to audience participation. One of our most recent forums, “The Politicization of Science,” explored the troubling increase of political intrusions into the conduct of science and its use in public policy. Another recent forum, “In the Line of Duty: SARS and Physician Responsibility in Epidemics”, explored the ethical dilemmas faced as this epidemic unfolded, with an eye to implications for a possible Avian flu pandemic. - NAMED LECTURES