Conversations About Ethics Lecture Series
“Conversations About Ethics” is a twice-annual series of lectures and discussions on ethical issues that affect health care throughout the life cycle. Each installment typically consists of a daytime workshop and evening lecture. “Conversations About Ethics” is presented by the Center for Medical Humanities & Ethics and the Ecumenical Center with generous support from Methodist Healthcare Ministries.
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Past Lectures
| June 23, 2021 Lawrence O. Gostin, J.D. Covid-19 Vaccine Ethics |
| October 5, 2020 Rita Nakashima Brock, ReIM, MA, PhD Moral Injury |
| September 23, 2019 Julian Savulescu, PhD Harnessing the Genome video |
| July 23, 2019 Roshi Joan Halifax, PhD Cultivating Compassion video |
| November 6, 2018 Ezekiel J. Emanuel, MD, Ph.D. Daniel J Thompson, PhD, APA-CCP/Substance Abuse The Quantum Paradigm: A New Epoch and a New Ethic in Health Cares |
| June 28, 2018 Christina Puchalski, MD, MS, FACP, FAAHPM Spirituality and Health |
| October 5, 2017 Anna Lembke, MD Drug Dealer, MD |
| June 19, 2017 Laurie Zoloth, PhD Maternal Mortality |
| October 18-19, 2016 Diane Meier, MD, FACP Ethical Issues in Palliative Care video |
| April 5, 2016 America Bracho, MD, MPH Reaching Vulnerable Populations through Promotores video |
| December 9, 2015 Joseph LeDoux, PhD When Memory Deceives video |
| June 9, 2015 Paul Root Wolpe, PhD Is My Mind Mine? video |
| December 4, 2014 James P. Evans, MD, PhD Genomic Medicine: What Do You Want to Know About Your Genome? John Rolland, MD, MPH Families and the New Era of Genetics: Meeting Clinical and Ethical Challenges video |
| July 24, 2014 Diane Meier, MD, FACP Before Birth and Throughout Life: Ethical Considerations in Genomic Sequencing video John Rolland, MD, MPH Families and the New Era of Genetics: Meeting Clinical and Ethical Challenges |
| October 1, 2013 Lee Taft, JD, MDiv Disclosing Adverse Events in Patient Care |
| March 19, 2013 Nancy Berlinger, PhD, MDiv After Harm: Medical Error and the Ethics of Forgiveness Lee Taft, JD, MDiv Disclosing Medical Errors |
| March 19, 2013 Nancy Berlinger, PhD, MDiv After Harm: Medical Error and the Ethics of Forgiveness Lee Taft, JD, MDiv Disclosing Medical Errors |
| October 10, 2012 Anil T. Mangla, PhD, MPH; Kevin C. Moriarty, MS; Efrem Castillo, MD; Leticia Van de Putte, RPh; Robert Ferrer, MD, MPH; Martha I. Castilla Moving Toward a Healthy Community: Health Disparities and Mending the Gaps in Bexar County R. Esteban Montilla, PhD An Intercultural Perspective on Aspirational Ethics to Promote Inclusive Care |
| May 1, 2012 Robert Sapolsky, PhD Lowering Blood Pressure as a Moral Act: Stress, Health and Socioeconomic Status Margaret Kemeny, PhD (on May 10, 2014) Biology of Self and “No Self”: Emotions, Contemplation, Compassion and Health |
| October 24, 2011 Jerald Winakur, MD; Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche; and Rabbi Jack Bemporad, MA An Interreligious Dialogue on Religious & Secular Approaches to Suffering & Healing |
| April 28, 2011 James Gordon, MD Connecting Mind – Body – Health: Finding Wellness Through Complementary Medicine |
| November 15, 2010 Christopher Thomas Scott, PhD From Bench to Bank to Breakthrough: New Directions in Stem Cell Ethics and Policy Connie J. Eaves, PhD Stem Cells – The Hype and the Reality Col. Robert G. Hale, DDS, LTC, MIL The Need for Regenerative Medicine |
| March 25, 2010 Ira Byock, MD Through the End of Life Henry Perkins, MD “Caring For” at the End of Life: Social, Psychological and Spiritual Dimensions |
| October 19, 2009 Kenneth I. Shine, MD; Stuart Altman, PhD; David Hunt, MD; Ana M. Malinow, MD; and J. James Rohack, MD Health Care is Broken: How Do We Fix It? |
| March 30, 2009 Thomas H. Murray, PhD The Worth of a Child |