Rosemary Flanigan, PhD

The Rosemary Flanigan Lecture began in 1994 as a tribute to Sister Rosemary Flanigan, an active member of the Center for Practical Bioethics since 1987. Sister Rosemary has served on the Center’s board of directors and as staff in the Center’s Organizational and Clinical Ethics domain. Previously, Sister Rosemary was a professor of philosophy at Rockhurst University from 1975 to 1992.

The 2011 Flanigan Lecture is scheduled for July 26 featuring Dr. Richard Payne. For more information and to register click here.

Lecture History

2010: The Politics of Palliative Care, Kathleen M. Foley, MD

Death panel discussions in 2009 high jacked real issues around palliative care. Workforce capacity of palliative care limits access, as do some hospice benefits on concurrent active therapies. And prescription drug abuse impacts end of life pain management.

Those are some of the political challenges around palliative care in the US, according to Kathleen Foley, MD, attending neurologist in the Pain and Palliative Care Service at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. Dr. Foley spoke to these issues during the Flanigan Lecture August 3, 2010 in Kansas City, MO.

In 2009 the Center for Practical Bioethics established a chair in palliative care named after Dr. Foley.

Links:

PowerPoint: The Politics of Palliative Care, Kathleen Foley, MD

Powerpoint: Palliative Care: A Standard for Cancer Care

2009: The Role of Conscience in Medical Decisions, Daniel Sulmasy, OFM, MD, PhD

Does conscience ever clash with professional duties? What do we mean by terms such as ‘conscience’ and ‘conscientious objection’? How should one approach a request from a patient that conflicts with one’s individual conscience?

In this the 15th Annual Flanigan Lecture, Dr. Daniel Sulmasy of the University of Chicago discusses how medical professionals can strive to preserve their moral integrity while also respecting and serving patients with whom they might have deep moral disagreements.

2008: Health care reform needed but comes hard, Steven Schroeder, MD

Health care reform comes hard because we didn’t get to where we are by accident. That’s according to Steven Schroeder, MD, Distinguished Professor of Health and Health Care at the University of California – San Francisco and former president and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Dr. Schroeder spoke before more than 200 people at the 14th Annual Flanigan Lecture on July 31, 2008 in Kansas City, MO.

Dr. Schroeder said with health care now representing 16 percent of America’s gross domestic product, a lot of people have a vested interest in keeping things as they are.

“It’s not just the cost of care,” he said, “but many people – doctors, nurses, administrators – are paid quite well to deliver that care.”

2007: Allocating Scarce Vaccines in an Influenza Pandemic, Ezekiel J. Emanuel, MD, PhD

Dr. Emanuel evaluated principles and multi-principle systems that should guide decision-making around the allocation of scarce medical resources during a flu pandemic.

2006: Healthcare in 2030 – Alternative Futures, Emily Friedman

A social ethicist and policy consultant, Emily Friedman is known for her work in healthcare policy, trends, population demographics and the relationship of the public with the healthcare system.

2005: The Use and Abuse of Futility in End of Life Decisions, Edmund Pellegrino, MD

2004: Can Informed Consent Ever Become Shared Decision Making? Laura C. Hanson, MD, MPH

2003: Medical Malpractice-The Past, the Present and Trying Something Different, Bruce C. Vladek, PhD

2002: Walking the Dogma-Ethics in the Outpatient Setting, Robert Potter, MD and Marjorie Sirridge, MD

2001: Public Bioethics-Why, How and to What End? James F. Childress, PhD

2000: Living Well While Dying, Jean de Blois, CSJ, RN, PhD

1999: The Role of the Midwest in the History of Bioethics, Hans Uffelmann, PhD

1998: Saying No – Who Should Decide? Dax Cowart and William Winslade

1997: Dramatic Readings from Wendell Berry’s Futility, Marjorie Sirridge, MD and Robert Potter, MD

1996: Ethical Implications for the End of the Modern Era, W.L. Croix, SJ

1995: Patient A

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