When:
Thursday, October 2, 2014
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM CT
Where: Robert H Lurie Medical Research Center, Searle Seminar Room, 303 E. Superior, Chicago, IL 60611 map it
Contact:
Bryan Morrison
(312) 503-1927
Group: Medical Humanities & Bioethics Lunchtime Montgomery Lectures
Category: Academic
Katie Watson, JD
Assistant Professor
Medical Humanities & Bioethics
Northwestern University
Clinical Medical Ethics and Abortion Care
The concept of "abortion ethics" is usually associated with a yes/no question: is abortion ethical? That philosophical and political debate has raged for decades, and many feel it will never be resolved. Meanwhile, in the realm of clinical care, abortion has been a legal and common medical practice in the U.S. for over forty years. In this lecture, Professor Watson will discuss the difference between bioethics and clinical medical ethics, analyze case-based ethics issues that arise in the everyday practice of abortion care, and consider why this type of analysis is largely missing from the medical ethics literature.
When:
Thursday, October 9, 2014
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM CT
Where: Robert H Lurie Medical Research Center, Searle Seminar Room, 303 E. Superior, Chicago, IL 60611 map it
Contact:
Bryan Morrison
(312) 503-1927
Group: Medical Humanities & Bioethics Lunchtime Montgomery Lectures
Category: Academic
MK Czerwiec, RN, MA
Alum, 2009
MA in Medical Humanities & Bioethics
Northwestern University
Graphic Medicine: The Sequential Art of Illness
The past twenty years have witnessed an international explosion of graphic narratives on the themes of illness and health, with more being published each month. What unique insights and benefits can reading, and perhaps creating, these texts offer health care providers, patients, families, and friends?
When:
Thursday, October 16, 2014
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM CT
Where: Robert H Lurie Medical Research Center, Searle Seminar Room, 303 E. Superior, Chicago, IL 60611 map it
Contact:
Bryan Morrison
(312) 503-1927
Group: Medical Humanities & Bioethics Lunchtime Montgomery Lectures
Category: Academic
Speaker and topic to be announced
When:
Thursday, October 23, 2014
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM CT
Where: Robert H Lurie Medical Research Center, Searle Seminar Room, 303 E. Superior, Chicago, IL 60611 map it
Contact:
Bryan Morrison
(312) 503-1927
Group: Medical Humanities & Bioethics Lunchtime Montgomery Lectures
Category: Academic
Craig M. Klugman, PhD
Professor and Chair
Department of Health Sciences
DePaul University
Waiting to Inhale: The Bizarre History & Ethics of Medical Marijuana
The history of marijuana in the United States is a story of politics, racial discrimination, and subterfuge. From being one of the most trusted medicines in the U.S. formulary to being scheduled as a class I drug without medical benefit and high addiction potential, misinformation and fear have surrounded this plant. With many states adopting legalized medical and recreational marijuana, there is a call to remove obstacles to research, to reform draconian laws, and to re-think our social and medical relationship to the whacky weed.
When:
Thursday, October 30, 2014
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM CT
Where: Robert H Lurie Medical Research Center, Searle Seminar Room, 303 E. Superior, Chicago, IL 60611 map it
Contact:
Bryan Morrison
(312) 503-1927
Group: Medical Humanities & Bioethics Lunchtime Montgomery Lectures
Category: Academic
Catherine Belling, PhD
Associate Professor
Medical Humanities & Bioethics
Northwestern University
The President’s Glands: Biofiction and the Containment of JFK’s Autoimmune Disease
American Adulterer is a 2009 novel by British physician Jed Mercurio. It narrates the Kennedy presidency as a clinical case, attributing historical-biographical events—including the president’s election, his actions during the Cuban missile crisis, and his marital infidelities—to the biomedical effects and treatment of Addison’s Disease. This talk will raise questions about the relationship between biology and biography in this strange novel, and what it might tell us about how literary fiction and medical evidence can interact in producing the public image of historical and political figures.