Description:

The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities and Bioethics Program presents

A Montgomery Lecture

with

Katie Watson, JD
Adjunct Associate Professor of Medical Education and Obstetrics & Gynecology
Faculty, Medical Humanities & Bioethics Graduate Program
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Medicine Unscripted: The Need for Medical Improv in Modern Healthcare

Description:

The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities and Bioethics Program presents

A Montgomery Lecture

with

Kathy Johnson Neely, MD, MA
Medical Director, Northwestern Memorial Hospital Medical Ethics Program
Attending Physician, Palliative Medicine
Northwestern Medicine, Central Region
Associate Professor of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Disgust and the Moral Community of Medicine

As one of the “moral emotions,” disgust has evolved from primitive responses to “poisons and parasites” and has been exapted to build cooperative, cohesive social groups of Us and at the same time distancing from Them. Can disgust be a useful moral emotion in supporting the Moral Community of medical practice?

Kathy Johnson Neely, MD, MA
Medical Director, Northwestern Memorial Hospital Medical Ethics Program
Attending Physician, Palliative Medicine
Northwestern Medicine, Central Region
Associate Professor of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Description:

The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities & Bioethics program presents

A Montgomery Lecture

with

Rebecca Brashler, LCSW
Director, Global Patient Services
Assistant Professor, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

A Short History of Hospital Advertising

Once thought to be unprofessional and undignified, advertising hospital services is now routine. Hospital advertisements must comply with Federal Trade Commission guidelines, but compared to direct-to-consumer advertising of prescriptions drugs, hospital advertisements are largely unregulated. Several prominent medical ethicists have called for new standards. We will examine a variety of hospital advertisement campaigns, the messages they communicate to patients about healthcare and the controversy surrounding healthcare marketing practices.

Description:

The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities & Bioethics program presents

A Montgomery Lecture

with

Elisha Waldman, MD FAAHPM
Associate Chief, Division of Palliative Care
Lurie Children’s Hospital - Chicago IL

Palliative Care and Armed Conflict:
What I Learned About Palliative Care Working in Israel/Palestine

This talk will discuss the challenges of and potential opportunities afforded through the practice of palliative care based on personal experiences working in Israel/Palestine for several years as a pediatric oncologist and pediatric palliative care specialist.

Description:

The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities & Bioethics program presents

A Montgomery Lecture

with

M. Jeanne Wirpsa, MA, BCC
Program Manager & Clinical Ethicist, Medical Ethics Program
Chaplain, Spiritual Care & Education
Northwestern Memorial Hospital

Integrating Healthcare Chaplains into Shared Decision Making

A cornerstone of patient-centered care is shared decision making (SDM) which pairs the expertise of medical providers with the values, beliefs, and goals of the patient. The majority of studies on SDM focus on the physician-patient dyad, with some attention to the role of nurses. Scant research has been conducted on the roles played by other members of the interdisciplinary team.

This talk will present original research on the role of healthcare chaplains in SDM. Findings suggest that chaplains are positioned to address three barriers to SDM identified in the literature: 1) The lack of attention to religion/spirituality by other members of the healthcare team; 2) The lack of attention to the patient’s story and values embedded therein; and 3) Medical culture’s fast pace, fragmented doctor-patient relationship, and obfuscating use of medical jargon.