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The Medical Ethics Consortium

Medical ethics case presentation and discussion

HMS, Countway Library, Minot Room, 5th Floor, 10 Shattuck Street, Boston

Sponsored by the Division of Medical Ethics.
RSVP (required) to DME@hms.harvard.edu.

The Medical Ethics Faculty Seminar

“Reforming the Health System: Politics, Policy, And Ethics”

HMS, Countway Library, Minot Room, 5th Floor, 10 Shattuck Street, Boston
Speaker: Robert Kuttner
Co-founder and co-editor, The American Prospect,
columnist, and author, Obama’s Challenge: America’s Economic Crisis and the Power of a Transformative Presidency

Sponsored by the Division of Medical Ethics
RSVP to DME@hms.harvard.edu

The Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology and Bioethics

“When Medical Care Compromises Financial Health: Causes and Possible Solutions”

Harvard Law School, Pound Hall, Room 102
Speakers:

• Melissa B. Jacoby
• Cathy Schoen
• Matt Selig
• Christopher Robertson

Universal health insurance may be on the horizon, but a growing body of empirical research has shown that, even for those who enjoy health insurance, medical crises can push families to the financial brink, causing them to load up credit cards, miss work, forgo additional care, lose their homes to foreclosures, and even declare bankruptcy. Our panel will explore these problems and debate potential solutions, including insurance regulation, paid family leave, and reforms to the tax code, the bankruptcy code and debtor-creditor laws.

Isaiah Berlin: Centennial Reflections

Public Health and the Rights of States

Tsai Auditorium, Center for Government and International Studies, 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge
Speakers:

• Svetlana Boym, Harvard University,
• Malachi Haim Hacohen, Duke University,
• Janos Kis, Central European University and New York University,
• Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Center for Policy Research, New Delhi and New York University Law School,
• Martha Nussbaum, University of Chicago,
• Alan Ryan, University of Oxford and Princeton University,
• Amartya Sen, Harvard University,
• Michael Walzer, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton,
• Bernard Yack, Brandeis University

Co-sponsored by the Departments of Government and Philosophy, the Safra Center and the Center for Jewish Studies.
For more information, please visit the conference web site.

The Medical Ethics Consortium

Medical ethics case presentation and discussion

HMS, Countway Library, Minot Room, 5th Floor, 10 Shattuck Street, Boston

Sponsored by the Division of Medical Ethics.
RSVP (required) to DME@hms.harvard.edu

The Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics – Public Lecture Series

“Institutional Corruption”

Starr Auditorium, Harvard Kennedy School
Lawrence Lessig
Director, Safra Foundation Center for Ethics,
Professor, Harvard Law School

For information, (617) 495-1336 or www.ethics.harvard.edu.
Lectures are free and open to the public.

The Medical Ethics Faculty Seminar

”Reforming the Health System: Politics, Policy, And Ethics“

HMS, Countway Library, Minot Room, 5th Floor, 10 Shattuck Street, Boston
John E. Wennberg, MD, MPH
Peggy Y. Thomson Professor (Chair) for the Evaluative Clinical Sciences,
Professor of Community and Family Medicine (Epidemiology) and of Medicine,
Founder and Director Emeritus, The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Dartmouth Medical School.

Sponsored by the Division of Medical Ethics.
RSVP to DME@hms.harvard.edu.

Research in Progress Presentation Series

“When Disclosure Fails: An Empirical Investigation of Unbiased Advice as The Key to Patient Protection”

HMS, Ballard Room (5th floor) Countway Library, 10 Shattuck Street, Boston
Christopher Robertson
Academic Fellow, Petrie-flom Center, Harvard Law School

Co-sponsored by Harvard University Program in Ethics and Health and The Brigham and Women's Hospital Center for Bioethics.
RSVP to ethics_health@harvard.edu or call 617-432-5950.

Harvard University Program in Ethics and Health Guest Speaker Series

Taxing Choices: How to be a Liberal Egalitarian about Health Insurance

641 Huntington Avenue – 1st floor conference room, Harvard Medical School, Boston
Keith Hyams, PhD
Lecturer in Political Theory, University of Exeter
2009 - Visiting Faculty Fellow at the Centre for Ethics, University of Toronto

Lunch will be available
RSVP to ethics_health@harvard.edu or call 617-432-5950.

Harvard University Program in Ethics and Health Guest Speaker Series

Discounting future health benefits: Concerns for mathematical consistency seem to override values and logic

641 Huntington Ave. 1st floor conference room, Harvard Medical School, Boston
Erik Nord, PhD
Senior Researcher, Norwegian Institute of Public Health

Lunch will be available
Please RSVP for this talk.

The Medical Ethics Consortium

Medical ethics case presentation and discussion

HMS, Countway Library, Minot Room, 5th Floor, 10 Shattuck Street, Boston

Sponsored by the Division of Medical Ethics.
RSVP (required) to DME@hms.harvard.edu.

Harvard University Program in Ethics and Health Guest Speaker Series

The Complicity of Health Professionals in Torture and Detainee Abuse: Law, Ethics and the Road Ahead

641 Huntington Ave. 1st floor conference room, Harvard Medical School, Boston
Jonathan H. Marks, JD
Edmond J. Safra Faculty Fellow in Ethics, Safra Foundation Center for Ethics, Harvard

Lunch will be available
RSVP to ethics_health@harvard.edu or call 617-432-5950.

Research in Progress Presentation Series

“Making Funding Decisions for High-Cost Cancer Care: The Case of Herceptin in New Zealand”

HMS, Ballard Room (5th floor) Countway Library, 10 Shattuck Street, Boston
Elizabeth Fenton, PhD
Fellow, Harvard University Program in Ethics and Health

Co-sponsored by Harvard University Program in Ethics and Health and The Brigham and Women's Hospital Center for Bioethics.
RSVP to ethics_health@harvard.edu or call 617-432-5950.

The Medical Ethics Faculty Seminar

HMS, Countway Library, Minot Room, 5th Floor, 10 Shattuck Street, Boston
Karen Ignagni
President and CEO, America’s Health Insurance Plans

Sponsored by the Division of Medical Ethics.
RSVP to DME@hms.harvard.edu.

Humanities Center Guest Speaker

Conversations on Ethics

Harvard University, Barker Center 138, Cambridge, MA
Alex Voorhoeve
Senior Lecturer, London School of Economics

A discussion of his recent publication.

The Harvard University Program in Ethics and Health Guest Speaker Series

“Can We Trust Our Moral Intuitions in Health Care Allocation? The Results of an Experiment”

HMS, 641 Huntington Avenue, Boston (1st floor conference room)
Alex Voorhoeve
Senior Lecturer, London School of Economics

RSVP to ethics_health@harvard.edu or call 617-432-5950.

Division of Medical Ethics Faculty Seminar

“The Political Life of Medicare”

HMS, Countway Library, Minot Room, 5th Floor, 10 Shattuck Street, Boston
Jonathan B. Oberlander, PhD
Associate Professor of Social Medicine and Health Policy & Management, University of North Carolina, and author.

Sponsored by the Division of Medical Ethics.
RSVP (required) to DME@hms.harvard.edu.

Research in Progress Presentation Series

TOPIC: TBA

HMS, Minot Room (5th floor) Countway Library, 10 Shattuck Street, Boston
Presenter: TBA

Co-sponsored by Harvard University Program in Ethics and Health and The Brigham and Women's Hospital Center for Bioethics.
RSVP to ethics_health@harvard.edu or call 617-432-5950.

The Medical Ethics Faculty Seminar

Topic: TBA

HMS, Countway Library, Minot Room, 5th Floor, 10 Shattuck Street, Boston
Speaker: TBA

Sponsored by the Division of Medical Ethics.
RSVP to DME@hms.harvard.edu.

The Medical Ethics Consortium

Medical ethics case presentation and discussion

HMS, Countway Library, Minot Room, 5th Floor, 10 Shattuck Street, Boston

Sponsored by the Division of Medical Ethics.
RSVP (required) to DME@hms.harvard.edu.

Division of Medical Ethics Faculty Seminar

HMS, Countway Library, Minot Room, 5th Floor, 10 Shattuck Street, Boston
Speaker: Donald M. Berwick, MD, MPP
Professor of Health Policy and Management, HSPH,
President and CEO, Institute for Healthcare Improvement

Sponsored by the Division of Medical Ethics.
RSVP to DME@hms.harvard.edu.

Research in Progress Presentation Series

TOPIC: TBA

HMS, Ballard Room (5th floor) Countway Library, 10 Shattuck Street, Boston
Presenter: TBA

Co-sponsored by Harvard University Program in Ethics and Health and The Brigham and Women's Hospital Center for Bioethics.
RSVP to ethics_health@harvard.edu or call 617-432-5950.

The Medical Ethics Faculty Seminar

HMS, Countway Library, Minot Room, 5th Floor, 10 Shattuck Street, Boston
David U. Himmelstein, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, HMS,
co-founder, Physicians for a National Health Program

Sponsored by the Division of Medical Ethics.
RSVP to DME@hms.harvard.edu.

Research in Progress Presentation Series

TOPIC: TBA

HMS, Ballard Room (5th floor) Countway Library, 10 Shattuck Street, Boston
Presenter: TBA
Fellow, Harvard University Program in Ethics and Health

Co-sponsored by Harvard University Program in Ethics and Health and The Brigham and Women's Hospital Center for Bioethics.
RSVP to ethics_health@harvard.edu or call 617-432-5950.

The Medical Ethics Consortium

Medical ethics case presentation and discussion

HMS, Countway Library, Minot Room, 5th Floor, 10 Shattuck Street, Boston

Sponsored by the Division of Medical Ethics.
RSVP to DME@hms.harvard.edu.

The Medical Ethics Consortium

Medical ethics case presentation and discussion

HMS, Countway Library, Minot Room, 5th Floor, 10 Shattuck Street, Boston

Sponsored by the Division of Medical Ethics.
RSVP (required) to DME@hms.harvard.edu.

Research in Progress Presentation Series

TOPIC: TBA

HMS, Ballard Room (5th floor) Countway Library, 10 Shattuck Street, Boston
Presenter: TBA

Co-sponsored by Harvard University Program in Ethics and Health and The Brigham and Women's Hospital Center for Bioethics.
RSVP to ethics_health@harvard.edu or call 617-432-5950.

The Medical Ethics Faculty Seminar

“A Second Opinion: Rescuing America’s Health Care”

HMS, Countway Library, Minot Room, 5th Floor, 10 Shattuck Street, Boston
Arnold S. Relman, MD
Professor Emeritus of Medicine and Social Medicine, HMS,
former editor-in-chief, New England Journal of Medicine, and author.

Sponsored by the Division of Medical Ethics.
RSVP to DME@hms.harvard.edu.

The Medical Ethics Consortium

Medical ethics case presentation and discussion

HMS, Countway Library, Minot Room, 5th Floor, 10 Shattuck Street, Boston

Sponsored by the Division of Medical Ethics.
RSVP (required) to DME@hms.harvard.edu.

The Medical Ethics Faculty Seminar

“Health at Risk: America’s Ailing Health System and How to Heal It”

HMS, Countway Library, Minot Room, 5th Floor, 10 Shattuck Street, Boston
Jacob S. Hacker, PhD
Stanley B. Resor Professor of Political Science, Yale University, and editor

Sponsored by the Division of Medical Ethics
RSVP to DME@hms.harvard.edu.

Research in Progress Presentation Series

TOPIC: TBA

HMS, Ballard Room (5th floor) Countway Library, 10 Shattuck Street, Boston
Presenter: TBA

Co-sponsored by Harvard University Program in Ethics and Health and The Brigham and Women's Hospital Center for Bioethics.
RSVP to ethics_health@harvard.edu or call 617-432-5950.

The Fifth Annual International Bioethics Conference of the Harvard University Program in Ethics and Health

Priorities in Health: Can we make better decisions?

Harvard Medical School – The Inn at Longwood Medical – 342 Longwood Ave, Boston

Research in Progress Presentation Series

TOPIC: TBA

HMS, Ballard Room (5th floor) Countway Library, 10 Shattuck Street, Boston
Presenter: TBA

Co-sponsored by Harvard University Program in Ethics and Health and The Brigham and Women's Hospital Center for Bioethics.
RSVP to ethics_health@harvard.edu or call 617-432-5950.

The Medical Ethics Consortium

Medical ethics case presentation and discussion

HMS, Countway Library, Minot Room, 5th Floor, 10 Shattuck Street, Boston

Sponsored by the Division of Medical Ethics
RSVP to DME@hms.harvard.edu.

The Medical Ethics Faculty Seminar

“Just Health: Meeting Health Needs Fairly”

HMS, Countway Library, Minot Room, 5th Floor, 10 Shattuck Street, Boston
Norman Daniels, PhD
Mary B. Saltonstall Professor of Population Ethics and Professor of Ethics and Population Health, HSPH, and author

Sponsored by the Division of Medical Ethics
RSVP (required) to DME@hms.harvard.edu.