Past Events Archive

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2017

Center for Bioethics | Ethics Grand Rounds

Is There a Legal Privilege to Waive Consent for Research?

  • Jon Merz, MBA, JD, PhD, University of Pennsylvania
Waivers of informed consent for research participation are permitted under the Common Rule as well as the Exception from Informed Consent (EFIC) for emergency research rule. We examine waivers as embodiments of legal privilege, which…
Center for Bioethics | Ethics Grand Rounds

The Digital Mental Health Industry: New Problems, New Solutions, New Practices

  • Emma Bedor Hiland, PhD Candidate, University of Minnesota
As our day-to-day lives are increasingly reliant upon (and enmeshed with) digital platforms, it is not surprising that the ways we address and manage our health generally, and mental health in particular, are increasingly digitized as well…
Center for Bioethics | Ethics Grand Rounds

Life Support: When is Enough, Enough?

  • Deborah Day Laxson, Author
How does a non-medically trained individual respond when life support no longer supports life? Using her own real life example, Deborah brought the audience on her journey as she learned to navigate the complexities of the medical world in…
Center for Bioethics | Ethics Grand Rounds

Bioethics and the Crisis of Global Ecology

  • Steven Miles, MD, University of Minnesota
A disappearing arctic ice cap. Rising oceans. Once in a century floods are occurring annually, even as deserts expand. Plastic and chemicals cover the seas and lands. Pollinating bees are disappearing as agriculture defends the chemicals…