Events
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Comprehending Persons in the Context of Rehabilitative Medicine
OnlineHastings Center scholar Erik Parens is presenting, "Comprehending Persons in the Context of Rehabilitative Medicine” at the Division of Medical Ethics 2021-2022 Seminar Lecture Series at Weill Cornell. Meeting ID: 950 0173 2724
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We Belong To One Another: Disability and Family Making
OnlineAbleism frames disability as a “family problem,” in which disability is a tragedy for nondisabled family members and a disqualifying factor when disabled people want to build families of their own. But, to the contrary, disability can create new opportunities for flourishing by challenging traditional notions of what family is and should be. In this...
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Love and Loss with Amy Bloom
OnlineBestselling author Amy Bloom‘s world was altered forever when an MRI indicated that her husband Brian had Alzheimer’s disease. Together, led by Brian, Brian and Amy made the decision to travel to Switzerland to access an assisted dying process unavailable in the United States. In this discussion with Hastings Center president Mildred Solomon, Bloom will talk about her new book, In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss,...
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Is It Possible to Have Healthy People on a Sick Planet?
OnlineHow should we work to address climate change and other planetary threats to human health and survival? Our society is built on a global economy that is extractive and destructive, not only to the planet but to people and societies. What is needed to shift to an economic system that does not externalize harm, given...
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Ethical Issues We Have Faced over the Pandemic
OnlineHastings Center president Mildred Z. Solomon will present "Ethical Issues We Have Faced over the Pandemic and Lessons Learned" at the Program for Biomedical Ethics seminar at the Yale School of Medicine Program for Biomedical Ethics.
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ELSIcon2022: Innovating for a Just and Equitable Future
OnlineHastings Center presidential scholar Lucas Matthews will present at the ELSIcon2022 conference: “What can intersectionality bring to ELSI?: Transforming Theory into Practice”
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ELSIcon2022: Innovating for a Just and Equitable Future
OnlineHastings Center scholar Carolyn Neuhaus along with Associate Professor of Bioethics at Alden March Bioethics Institute Johanna Crane will present at the ELSIcon2022 conference: "Cultivating just & equitable genomics research partnerships with community health centers." https://www.mhe.cuimc.columbia.edu/ethics/5th-elsi-congress
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ELSIcon2022: Innovating for a Just and Equitable Future
OnlineHastings Center scholar Erik Parens along with Paul Appelbaum, Robert Klitzman, and Julia Wynn will appear on a panel at the ELSIcon2022 conference: “The Impact of Receipt of Genetic Test Results for Autism.”
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Anti-Black Racism, Health & Health Care: A Reckoning—and a Path Forward
A new report calls on the field of bioethics to take the lead in efforts to remedy racial injustice and health inequities in the United States. Join the editors of the report, “A Critical Moment in Bioethics: Reckoning with Anti-Black Racism Through Intergenerational Dialogue,” for a virtual discussion with Michele Goodwin, Chancellor’s Professor and Director,...
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Migration Humanities and Social Justice
OnlineHastings Center Scholar, Nancy Berlinger will present, "Migration Humanities and Social Justice," at Otago Bioethics Center, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
