The Medical Center Hour brings scholars from around the country to present and discuss today’s biomedical ethics and humanities issues! This is a great opportunity to learn more about the healthcare field in today’s society and what is being done about it!
All events are held on Wednesdays, 12:30-1:30 pm in Jordan Conference Center Auditorium.
Please call 434.924.5974 or visit http://www.medicine.virginia.edu/community-service/centers/bioehums/medical-center-hour for more information!
THE MEDICAL CENTER HOUR: MEDICINE AND SOCIETY IN CONVERSATION
A Program of the Center of Biomedical Ethics and Humanities
University of Virginia School of Medicine
SEPTEMBER 2012 EVENTS
12 September
The Kenneth R. Crispell Memorial History Lecture
“Ethically Impossible?” The U.S. Sexually Transmitted Diseases Studies in Guatemala
Susan M. Reverby, PhD, Department of Women’s and Gender Studies, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
John D. Arras, PhD, Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues and Center for Biomedical Ethics and Humanities, UVA
Co-presented with the History of the Health Sciences Lecture Series, the Institute for Practical Ethics and Public Life, and the Center for Global Health
19 September
John F. Anderson Lecture
The Primary Care Physician—An Endangered Species?
Susan Okie, MD, Department of Family Medicine, Georgetown University, Washington DC
Sean Reed, MD, Department of Family medicine and Generalist Scholars Program, UVA
Justin Mutter, MSc, Generalist Scholar, School of Medicine Class of 2013
Co-presented with the Generalist Scholars Program in observance at UVA of Primary Care Week
26 September
History of the Health Sciences Lecture
Sex, Sin, and Science—Syphilis in America
John Parascandola, PhD, Department of History, University of Maryland College Park MD
Co-presented with the History of the Health Sciences Lecture Series
