I want to live forever. Is that ethical?
Glenn McGee, PhD
John B. Francis Chair in Bioethics
February 24, 2010
5 pm Reception
6 pm Lecture
Kauffman Foundation
4801 Rockhill Road
Kansas City, MO 64110
Today, bioethics is focused on helping people make difficult choices in an informed way, choices that often involve how we or others will die.
But what happens when science offers an opportunity for individuals to evade the grave entirely, or at least for another 25, 50 or 100 years?
Is it ethical for individuals, or for society generally, to take advantage of technologies that will change our entire notion of what it means to age?
Is it okay to want to live forever?
Dr. Glenn McGee will explore the ethical choices created by the incredible new technologies that are changing how long we can live, and challenge your thinking about the ethics of living and dying.
For more information and to register click here.
Coming Together for Better Pain Treatment
American Academy of Family Physicians national education program to improve pain management
Pain is the most common reason patients seek medical care. For a number of reasons, though, pain is undertreated.
That's why the American Academy of Family Physicians convened a unique group including the American Academy of Pain Medicine, the Center for Practical Bioethics, the Federation of State Medical Boards, and the Federation of State Medical Boards Foundation to develop and promote a series of five programs for primary care providers across the country to promote better pain management.
Sessions are scheduled for the following dates and locations:
Seattle, WA -- February 20, 2010
Atlanta, GA-- March 13, 2010
For more information click here.
Link:
- Podcast, A Program to Improve Pain Treatment, Ann Karty, MD, American Academy of Family Physicians, December 17, 2009, 13 minutes 15 seconds
- Improving Pain Management, Up to Date, KCUR Radio, November 10, 2009
Center recognized for patient advocacy
Award presented during annual meeting of American Academy of Pain Medicine
The American Academy of Pain Medicine has awarded the Center for Practical Bioethics their Patient Advocacy Award for an outstanding contribution to the field of pain medicine.
AAPM President Rollin Gallagher will present the award to Myra Christopher, Center president and CEO, during opening activities of the annual meeting on February 4.
According to the Academy, “the Patient Advocacy Award recognizes activity of an individual in advocating for appropriate evaluation and treatment of patients suffering from pain. This award was created to honor those healthcare professionals whose deeds reflect their recognition of the importance and impact of the specialty of Pain Medicine.”
Links:
National Archives at Kansas City
400 West Pershing Road
Kansas City, MO 64108
March 16 – June 10, 2010
The National Archives at Kansas City, in partnership with the Midwest Center for Holocaust Education and in cooperation with the Center for Practical Bioethics, will present the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s traveling exhibition Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race from March 16 to June 10.
Admission is free. The project will include an opening patron reception, teacher and docent training, and community programs, including a lecture by Glenn McGee, PhD, the Center’s John B. Francis Chair in Bioethics.
More details to come. For more information about Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race, click here.
Podcast: The Bioethics Channel
Glenn McGee, PhD
John B. Francis Chair in Bioethics
Center for Practical Bioethics
February 4, 2010
12 minutes 44 seconds
Do we need to rethink what a vegetative state means? That question is prompted by an article in the New England Journal of Medicine regarding brain activity in patients in a persistent vegetative state.
Glenn McGee and Lorell LaBoube talk about it in this edition of The Bioethics Channel.
Links:
Practical Bioethics blog:
Bioethics.net
