Center News and Announcements

The MHR congratulates Tom Tomlinson, who was honored with a Distinguished Service Award at the 4th annual American Society for Bioethics and Humanities, Nashville, TN.

Judith Andre spoke at the University of Caen, France, on "The Human Genome Project: Beachhead or Promontory?" (June 6, 2001).

There was the release of the final report of the Michigan Commission on End-of-Life Care on August 30. As Chair of the Commission, Clayton Thomason has testified before the state House and Senate Subcommittees on Health Care Policy to encourage legislative efforts to enact the Commission's recommendations, and bills have been introduced. More information and the full text of the Report is available at the Office of the Governor's web site at http://www.michigan.gov/gov/1,1431,7-103--3179--,00.html.

Leonard Fleck presented "The Future of Bioethics: Health Reform and the Public Role of Philosophers," for 13th Annual Summer Bioethics Conference at Jiminy Peak, MA (June 2001).

Libby Bogdan-Lovis and Aron Sousa had their paper "Certified Nurse-Midwives' Knowledge of and Reliance on Evidence-based Practice" read at the 9th International Cochrane Colloquium plenary session titled "Why Evidence Is Not Used in Practice," in Lyon, France (October 12, 2001).

This past May, Judith Andre gave keynote address for Advocate Health System Dimensions of Excellence Conference: "The Moral and Ethical Dimensions of Mistakes."

Leonard Fleck presented a lecture and workshop entitled "Ethical Issues in Caring for AIDS Patients" for the AIDS Health and Social Service Professionals Conference, Crystal Mountain MI (Aug. 2001).

Libby Bogdan-Lovis spoke as part of on a panel titled "Evidence-Based Medicine: The Promise and the Tyranny" at the Fourth Annual meeting of the American Society of Bioethics and Humanities, Nashville (Oct. 25, 2001).