When:
Thursday, October 18, 2018
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM CT
Where: Robert H Lurie Medical Research Center, 1st floor - Searle room, 303 E. Superior, Chicago, IL 60611 map it
Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Public - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students
Contact:
Myria Knox
(312) 503-7962
Group: Medical Humanities & Bioethics Lunchtime Montgomery Lectures
Category: Lectures & Meetings
The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities & Bioethics program presents
A Montgomery Lecture
with
Mark Sheldon, PhD
Assistant Dean
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
Northwestern University
Distinguished Senior Lecturer
Department of Philosophy
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
Northwestern University
Faculty in the Medical Humanities and Bioethics Program
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Ethics Consult Service
Department of Religion, Health and Human Values
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois
A Review From Past to Present: Arguments Supporting Using Children as
Solid-Organ Donors
From the 1950’s, arguments have been put forward in defense of the claim that it is ethical to make use of children as organ donors. This talk will review these arguments and ones more recently put forward, as well. This talk will argue that such attempts continue to be problematic.