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Regina Rini, PhD
Canada Research Chair in Philosophy of Moral and Social Cognition
York University
Wendy Scott, MFA, MSW
Poet and author of Soon I Will Build an Ark
James Bailey, MD
Professor of Medicine
University of Tennessee Medical Center
C.F. Reynolds Medical History Society Lecture Series
2020 Carol Carfang Nursing & Healthcare Ethics Conference
Jenny Reardon, PhD
Professor of Sociology
Founding Director of the Science and Justice Research Center
University of California, Santa Cruz
Jenny Reardon, PhD
Professor of Sociology
Founding Director of the Science and Justice Research Center
University of California, Santa Cruz
Center for Bioethics & Health Law 29th Annual Conference
Abstract: Implementation of available technologies may seem inevitable. Yet the personal, social, legal, and ethical implications of their use can and should be evaluated. Resistance to the so-called technological imperative—'if it can be done, it should be done'—may not involve rejection of a technology, but instead its judicious, carefully evaluated adoption.
This conference affords participants an opportunity to learn about recent technological developments and to discuss their potential benefits and risks, and ways to mitigate those risks, including what role government regulation should play. A goal of the conference is to enable participants to make informed choices about employing technological interventions at the individual level and to respond responsibly to technologies being implemented within healthcare systems and society.
Full conference program, registration, and continuing education information is available @ bioethics.pitt.edu/medethics2020. Questions may be directed to bioethics@pitt.edu.
This activity is approved for the following credit: AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™, ANCC, ACPE, and ASWB, as well as Continuing Legal Education (CLE).
Co-sponsored by the Ira R. Messer Fund of the Pittsburgh Foundation and the Carnegie Mellon University Center for Ethics & Policy
2020 Conference on Medicine and Religion
Donna M. Posluszny, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of Pittsburgh
Associate Director of Training, Biobehavioral Oncology Program, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center
Leanna Fuller, MDiv, PhD
Associate Professor of Pastoral Care
Pittsburgh Theological Seminary
Joanne Spence, MA
Director, Urban Oasis
Pittsburgh, PA
Co-sponsored by Pittsburgh Theological Seminary and Pittsburgh Pastoral Institute
Ogechukwu Williams, PhD
Assistant Professor of History
Creighton University
African Studies Program Critical Research on Africa Lecture Series / History Department Colloquium
Mari Webel, PhD
Assistant Professor of History
University of Pittsburgh
David Cooper, MD
Co-Director, Xenotransplantation Program
Department of Surgery
University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)
C.F. Reynolds Medical History Society Lecture Series