Center News & Announcements

Tom Tomlinson presented “Caring for Risky Patients: Duty or Virtue?” as part of the American Society of Bioethics and Humanities annual meeting, Philadelphia, PA (Oct. 29, 2004).

Len Fleck gave the keynote address at the annual meeting of the Michigan Pharmacist Association, “Ethical Issues at the End of Life: Whose Conscience Should Count?” Lansing, MI (Nov. 2004).

Judy Andre chaired and participated in a panel on “Police Relations: Issues of Confidentiality” at the ASBH conference, Philadelphia, PA (Oct. 28, 2004).

Howard Brody, with co-authors Zahra Meghani and Kimberley Greenwald (both graduate students in the MSU Department of Philosophy), spoke on “Michael Ryan and Anglo-American Medical Ethics” for the ASBH History of Medical Ethics affinity group, Philadelphia, PA (Oct. 29, 2004).

Len Fleck published an article entitled “Sharing Genetic Information: What is a Minimally Decent Sibling to Do?” in the Philosophy and Medicine Newsletter of the American Philosophical Association (Spring, 2004), pp. 35-39.
Judy Andre spoke to the annual conference of Executive Officers Council on Conflicts of Interest, Holland, MI (Oct. 20, 2004).

Howard Brody spoke on “Clinical Care versus Clinical Research and the Therapeutic Misconception” for the course, “Ethical and Regulatory Aspects of Clinical Research,” Department of Clinical Bioethics, NIH, Bethesda, MD (Oct. 27, 2004).