| These lectures address diverse topics within bioethics and the medical humanities. Speakers are MH&B faculty or special guests we've invited to present. The lectures run every Thursday from noon to 12:45pm in the Searle Seminar Room in the Lurie building, during The Graduate School's fall, winter, and spring quarters. Due to public interest, we've made these lectures open to all, inside and outside the Northwestern community. Please feel free to bring a lunch. |
 | | Kristi Kirschner, MD
Professor
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and
Medical Humanities & Bioethics |
Thursday, January 7, 2010 Who gets to frame the story? What stakeholder perspectives are relevant? Disability ethics engages narrative and feminist ethics to critique ethical issues involving people with disabilities. This presentation will use some classic stories involving people with disabilities to illustrate the value of this approach. Disability and Health Care: A Tale of Moving TargetsThursday, January 14, 2010 The landscape of disability is constantly changing as a result of new medical technologies as well as social and environmental fluxes. This dynamic situation poses particular challenges for health-care professionals who struggle to provide accurate medical and prognostic information to patients and family members. Quality of life considerations also are increasingly important as survival is assured, yet can be the thorniest to discuss and predict. What are the implications for health care professionals, patients and families as they grapple with medical decisions? “Lessons of the Chrysalis”: Reflections on the Diving Bell and the ButterflyThursday, January 21, 2010 This lecture will discuss the 1997 memoir and its 2007 film adaptation. For those who haven't read/seen either, we will be showing the film on Tuesday, January 19 from 6 to 8pm in the Searle Seminar Room in Lurie. | | |
