The Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences at Michigan State University sponsors a series of noon-time lectures during Fall and Spring semesters. An informal atmosphere welcomes students and faculty to participate in friendly discussion and interdisciplinary feedback following each presentation. We meet from 12 - 1:00 p.m. in C102 E. Fee Hall (Patenge Room) unless otherwise noted. You are encouraged to bring your lunch -- beverages and light snacks are provided. We hope you'll join us.

BROWN BAG SERIES

SPRING 2008

Wednesday
January 23

Carla Keirns, M.D., Ph.D.
Clinical Lecturer and Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar
University of Michigan

Sick, Stressed and Stigmatized: Asthma and Changing Models
of Mind and Body in the Past Century

12-1:00 p.m. C-102 East Fee Hall
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Wednesday
February 13

Mary D. Lagerwey, M.S.N., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Bronson School of Nursing
Western Michigan University

Ethical Usage of Narratives of Suffering:
Stories of Childbirth at Auschwitz

12-1:00 p.m. C-102 East Fee Hall
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Wednesday
April 9

David Kozishek, M.A., B.C.C.
Assistant Professor, MSU Department of Family Medicine
and the Center for Ethics and Humanities

"We're Hoping for a Miracle:"
Responding to Religious Language in the Clinical Setting

12-1:00 p.m. C-102 East Fee Hall
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Wednesday
April 16

David W. Moller, M.A., Ph.D.
Director, Human Values in Medicine
Saint Luke's Hospital, Kansas City

Dancing with Broken Bones:
Palliative Care for the Homeless and Inner-City Poor

12-1:00 p.m. C-102 East Fee Hall
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Thursday
April 17
*note location
*NOT for CME

David W. Montgomery, M.A., Ph.D.
Former Rockefeller Visiting Scholar,
Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies

Developing Moralities, Social Navigation and Seeing Religion
in Central Asia and the Balkans:
Cases from the Kyrgyz Republic and Albania

12-1:00 p.m. 305 International Center
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This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint sponsorship of Michigan State University, College of Human Medicine and the Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences. The Michigan State University College of Human Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Michigan State University, College of Human Medicine, designates each lecture in a series for a maximum of 1 hour in category 1 credit per session towards the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spends in this activity.

Previous Series:

Fall 2007
Spring 2007
Fall 2006
Spring 2006
Fall 2005
Spring 2005
Fall 2004
Spring 2004
Fall 2003
Spring 2003
Fall 2002

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