Cases That Stick: Substituted Judgment and Decision-Making - Debjani Mukherjee
When:
Thursday, April 12, 2018
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM CT
Where: Robert H Lurie Medical Research Center, 1st floor, Searle Seminar room, 303 E. Superior, Chicago, IL 60611 map it
Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Public - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students
Contact:
Bryan Morrison
(312) 503-1927
Group: Medical Humanities & Bioethics Lunchtime Montgomery Lectures
Category: Lectures & Meetings
Description:
The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities & Bioethics program presents
A Montgomery Lecture
with
Debjani Mukherjee, PhD
Director, Donnelley Ethics Program
Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
Associate Professor
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and Medical Education
Faculty, Medical Humanities & Bioethics Graduate Program
Member, Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Cases That Stick: Substituted Judgment and Decision-Making
As a clinical ethics consultant, some cases “stick” or stay with us because of values in tension, unanswerable questions, or strong emotions. In this talk, I will explore the concept of substituted judgment or the standard that surrogate decision-makers are instructed to make decisions as she/he believes the patient would if they could. I will draw on case examples, and literature from disability studies, psychology and clinical ethics to delve into this concept.