Health Care Ethics Seminars 2011

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Spring 2011 Health Care Ethics Seminars

Thursday, January 20
Yvonne Cripps, IUB Maurer School of Law
"Myriad Genetics and Patents on Genes - the Before and After"

Professor Cripps, an internationally acclaimed scholar and teacher, became the first holder of the Harry T. Ice Chair of Law at Indiana University in 2000. She specializes in intellectual property law and biotechnology. Her book Controlling Technology: Genetic Engineering and the Law, published in 1980, was the first comprehensive treatment of the legal implications of biotechnology. She is also the author of other books, including The Legal Implications of Disclosure in the Public Interest, now in its second edition, and more than 40 articles on intellectual property, privacy law, and biotechnology.

In addition to her years in the faculty of law at Cambridge University, she has regularly taught as a visiting professor at the Cornell Law School and also at the University of Texas at Austin as well as in Paris. Professor Cripps is a barrister in both England and New Zealand, and has served as an advisor on intellectual property law and biotechnology to the House of Lords, on biotechnology issues to the New Zealand Government, on constitutional matters to the Sri Lankan Ministry of Justice, and as a consultant on intellectual property to various law firms and corporation. She received her law degrees at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, and at the University of Cambridge in England.

Thursday, February 17
Dennis Morrison, Centerstone
"Recent Clinical and Political Healthcare Changes and Their Effect on Behavioral Health"

Dr. Dennis Morrison has worked in the behavioral health field since 1969. From 1995 to 2008 he was the Chief Executive Officer of the Center for Behavioral Health in Bloomington. Since May 2008, when the Center merged with three other organizations, he has been CEO of the Centerstone Research Institute.

Thursday, March 31
Jeffrey Bishop
"The Anticipatory Corpse: Medicine, Power, and the Care of the Dying"

Dr. Jeffrey Bishop is the director of the Albert Gnaegi Center for Health Care Ethics at Saint Louis University. He spoke about power dynamics among patient, family, and the medical community.

Jeffrey Bishop

Thursday, April 21
Greg Sachs
"Dying from Dementia"
Dr. Sachs is chief of the Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics at the Indiana University School of Medicine. He is a scientist with the IU Center for Aging Research at Regenstrief Institute and Wishard Hospital.

Greg Sachs

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Fall 2011 Health Care Ethics Seminars

Thursday, September 15
Joshua E. Perry and Robert C. Stone
"In the Business of Dying: Questioning the Commercialization of Hospice"

Josh Perry and Rob Stone examined the issues raised by for-profit hospice providers whose business model appears at its core to have an ethical conflict of interest between shareholders doing well and terminal patients dying well. Analyzing the business practices of the for-profit hospice industry, they critically assessed the "commercialization" of hospice care and the move toward "market-driven medicine" at the end of life.

The link to the PubMed page is: "In the Business of Dying: Questioning the Commercialization of Hospice." The link to full text is in the upper right hand corner. Then click on the volume number, scroll to the article, and choose PDF.

Joshua E. Perry, J.D., M.T.S., is an Assistant Professor and Life Sciences Research Fellow in the Department of Business Law and Ethics at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business.

Robert C. Stone, M.D., is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine at Indiana University School of Medicine, the Director of Hoosiers for a Commonsense Health Plan, and the Assistant Medical Director at Indiana University Health Bloomington Hospital Hospice.

Josh Perry and Rob Stone presented to a large group.

Thursday, October 20
Vice Admiral Adam M. Robinson, Jr.
"The Navy and Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief"

	Vice Adm. Adam M. Robinson, Jr. led a discussion at the Poynter Center's October 20 Healthcare Ethics Seminar on his work as Surgeon General and Chief of the Bureau of Medicine in the U.S. Navy. Vice Adm. Robinson spoke about the humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR) that the Navy provides such as the hospital ship USNS Mercy and other ships that provided disaster relief after events such as the 2004 tsunami off the coast of Southeast Asia and the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti.
Richard Miller with Adam Robinson.	Robinson spoke at the Poynter Center's Healthcare Ethics Seminar.

A native of Louisville, Adam Robinson majored in political science and attended the IU School of Medicine on a military scholarship. His residency was at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. "At the end of my residency I was pretty much hooked on the Navy," he said. The Poynter Center thanks the College for the opportunity to host Vice Adm. Robinson. In addition to the College's Distinguished Alumni Award, this year he is also receiving IU's Distinguished Alumni Service Award. See IU Distinguished Alumni to Present Campus Seminars.

Thursday, November 17
Steven Ivy
"Xenotransplantation: Ethical Practices in the Lab and Clinic"

As medical scientists continue to explore frontiers for expanding life-saving organ transplant procedures, new possibilities arise for cross-species transplantation. Many of the same ethical challenges attend to this research as they do to other research and clinical application. Yet, there are unique social, religious, and philosophical concerns that must be attended to regarding both research and clinical practices. This talk will argue that these ethical concerns can be effectively managed in order to save lives. Steven Ivy is Senior Vice President for Values, Ethics, Social Responsibility, and Pastoral Services for Indiana University Health .

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See also the Matthew Vandivier Sims Memorial Lecture.