Medical Ethics in the Twenty-First Century
June 17-23, 2012
June 17-23, 2012
This seminar will examine the
most important ethical questions that arise in the everyday practice of
medicine. The framework of its analysis will be the theory of
natural law that developed from the synthesis of ancient Greek
thought (including the Hippocratic corpus) with Judaism and then
Christianity. This framework will be contrasted with principlism and
consequentialism as participants consider what sort of practice
medicine is, whether it has a rational end or goal, and how medicine
and the goods that medicine seeks fit within the broader scope of
human goods.
Issues to be covered include the nature of the doctor-patient relationship; the limits of medicine; the meaning of autonomy; the place of conscience in the physician's work; the difference between an intended effect and a side effect; proportionality; human dignity; sexuality and reproduction; the beginning of life; disability; end-of-life care; and death. The seminar will consider an array of common clinical ethical cases and discuss what medicine, and ethics, requires in those scenarios. In the end, participants will develop intellectual tools that have for hundreds of years helped physicians discern how to practice medicine well (to be a good physician) in the face of medicine's moral and clinical complexities.
Faculty
Christopher O. Tollefsen, University of South Carolina
Farr A. Curlin, MD, University of Chicago
Ana Iltis, Wake Forest University
Donald W. Landry, Columbia University School of Medicine
Yuval Levin, Ethics and Public Policy Center
Application Process
Applicants are required to submit the following materials to Patrick Hough at phough@winst.org:
1. A completed (and saved) application form.
2. Current resume or curriculum vitae.
3. A cover letter (no more than 500 words) describing your experience and interest in the seminar's topic.
4. A letter of recommendation from a professor who recently taught you.
Application Deadline
Applications will be considered on a rolling basis.
Registration Fee and Facilities
A $200 fee will be required from all accepted applicants. This fee covers room and board on the campus of Princeton University for the duration of the seminar.
Past Guest Faculty
Ana Iltis, Wake Forest University
John Keown, Georgetown University
Donald W. Landry, Columbia University School of Medicine
Dorinda Bordlee, Bioethics Defense Fund
Nikolas Nikas, Bioethics Defense Fund
Issues to be covered include the nature of the doctor-patient relationship; the limits of medicine; the meaning of autonomy; the place of conscience in the physician's work; the difference between an intended effect and a side effect; proportionality; human dignity; sexuality and reproduction; the beginning of life; disability; end-of-life care; and death. The seminar will consider an array of common clinical ethical cases and discuss what medicine, and ethics, requires in those scenarios. In the end, participants will develop intellectual tools that have for hundreds of years helped physicians discern how to practice medicine well (to be a good physician) in the face of medicine's moral and clinical complexities.
Faculty
Christopher O. Tollefsen, University of South Carolina
Farr A. Curlin, MD, University of Chicago
Ana Iltis, Wake Forest University
Donald W. Landry, Columbia University School of Medicine
Yuval Levin, Ethics and Public Policy Center
Application Process
Applicants are required to submit the following materials to Patrick Hough at phough@winst.org:
1. A completed (and saved) application form.
2. Current resume or curriculum vitae.
3. A cover letter (no more than 500 words) describing your experience and interest in the seminar's topic.
4. A letter of recommendation from a professor who recently taught you.
Application Deadline
Applications will be considered on a rolling basis.
Registration Fee and Facilities
A $200 fee will be required from all accepted applicants. This fee covers room and board on the campus of Princeton University for the duration of the seminar.
Past Guest Faculty
Ana Iltis, Wake Forest University
John Keown, Georgetown University
Donald W. Landry, Columbia University School of Medicine
Dorinda Bordlee, Bioethics Defense Fund
Nikolas Nikas, Bioethics Defense Fund
Medical Ethics
in the 21st Century
in the 21st Century
