Margaret Humphreys, MD, PhD Josiah Charles Trent Professor in the History of Medicine Professor of History and Medicine Duke University Tuesday, January 30, 2018 12:00-1:00 pm Duke Hospital Lecture Hall 2003 Lunch provided at NOON Talk begins at 12:10 pm Lecture Hall 2003 is one floor directly above the main lobby of Duke … Read more
Mara Buchbinder, PhD, UNC Center for Bioethics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Lunch provided at noon. Talk begins at 12:10pm. Legislative support for medically assisted dying in the United States has risen steadily in recent years. Eight US jurisdictions currently authorize physicians to prescribe a lethal dose of medication to a mentally competent, terminally … Read more
Robert Truog, MD is Frances Glessner Lee Professor of Medical Ethics, Anaesthesiology and Pediatrics and Director of the Center for Bioethics at Harvard Medical School. He also practices pediatric intensive care medicine at Boston Children’s Hospital. Dr. Truog has published more than 300 articles in bioethics and related disciplines. He is co-author of Death, Dying, and Organ … Read more
