As translational researchers turn to electronic information sources for clinical research recruitment, they are increasingly using on-line communication tools to educate potential participants and document their consent. How can we prevent this from reducing informed consent to the equivalent of a software licensing acceptance check box? John Wilbanks, PhD, is the Chief Commons Officer at … Read more
We are pleased to announce the third statewide conference of the Clinical Ethics Network of North Carolina, “Conundrums in Clinical Ethics Consultation: Consciousness, Capacity, and Compulsion.” This event will take place on Friday, February 24, 2017, at the Conference Center of Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. This full-day conference will feature … Read more
A New York Times best-selling author (Smoke Gets In Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory), Caitlin Doughty is a Los Angeles mortician and death theorist. Her use of personal storytelling has propelled her to the national forefront as an advocate for bringing the realistic discussion of death back into popular culture. Join Duke … Read more
Please join us on Tuesday, February 28 (2 PM, Alumni 308) for an informal conversation about the Zika virus and reproductive rights in Brazil with Debora Diniz. Debora is an anthropologist and law professor at the University of Brasília in Brazil. She is co-founder of Anis: Institute of Bioethics, Human Rights and Gender, one of … Read more
Please join us for the next in the series of Bullitt History of Medicine Club Lectures Wednesday, March 1, 2017, 5:00 p.m. (lecture will start at approximately 5:30 p.m.), UNC Health Sciences Library, Room 527 Refreshments provided Book signing will follow lecture “Archie, Ed, and Dean: How Carolina Basketball Can Fix Healthcare” Abraham M. Nussbaum, … Read more
Dr. Tiffany Young will be presenting on the following, and receiving feedback for her presentation: Productive Aging – An Opportunity for Impacting Communities and the Health of Older Adults.
How changes in policy, science, and public perceptions have altered the landscape of experimentation since the beginning of this century.Anita Guerrini, Horning Professor in the Humanities and Professor of History, Oregon State University.
By the time of his death Charles Darwin was one of the most celebrated –and one of the most notorious—scientists in the world. And yet history tells us that Darwin was neither the first nor the only one to think of evolution. How did Darwin come to such prominence and what were the political, social, … Read more
Quentin Eichbaum, MD, PhD, MPH, MFA, MMHC, FCAP, Associate Professor of Medical Education & Administration, Vanderbilt University Medical Center.Objectives of this Presentation: Describe how the development of metacognitive skills forms a viable foundation for the health humanities. Demonstrate how the metacognitive approach to the health humanities serves to integrate the humanities with the basic and … Read more
Diane Rowland, Sc.D., Executive Vice President of the Kaiser Family Foundation. What’s at stake for America’s most vulnerable as Medicaidexpansion faces repeal and restructuring? Join us for a discussion with Diane Rowland, a noted authority on health policy, Medicare and Medicaid, and health care for poor and disadvantaged populations. She will assess Medicaid’s role in … Read more
