Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities

Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities

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Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities
 

Welcome to the online home of the Center Bioethics and Medical Humanities, Medical College of Wisconsin! Since its establishment in 1982, the Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities has been committed to helping health care professionals, students, policy makers and community members explore the challenging ethical questions that have accompanied scientific advances and changes in our health care delivery system.

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Our Mission

 

The Medical College of Wisconsin's Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities is dedicated to locally, nationally, and internationally recognized innovation and excellence in:

 

Bioethics Education
Bioethics Research and Scholarship
Bioethics Consultation
Bioethics Community Service

Events and News

Interactive Ethics Case Discussion Program With Analysis by Ethicists
Sponsored by: Midwest Ethics Committee Network (MECN)
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
7:30 AM - 12:15 PM
Alumni Center, MCW
(flyer)

Clinical Ethics Case discussion: Timing of a DNR Order
Presented by: Callie Chiroff, BSN
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Alumni Center, MCW
(flyer)

Whole Genome Sequencing & Incidental Findings: Implications for Clinical Care
Presented by: Amy Lemke, MS, PhD & David Dimmock, MD
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Kerrigan Auditorium, MCW
(flyer)

Practical Issues in Clinical Ethics
Sponsored by: Midwest Ethics Committee Network (MECN)
Friday, March 30, 2012
7:30 am - 12:15 pm
Alumni Center, Medical College of Wisconsin
(flyer)

Empirical Bioethics and Genetics/Genomics
Presented by: Kimberly Strong, PhD
Cancer Institute NSW
Sydney, Australia
Thursday, February 23, 2012
12:00-1:00pm
HRC Auditorium

(flyer)

Genetic Testing: A Balancing Act
Wendy Peltier, MD
Palliative Care Center Director
Associate Professor
Departments of Neurology & Medicine
Medical College of Wisconsin
Angela Thompson, MD, CGC
Cancer Genetics Counselor
Cancer Genetics Screening Program
Froedtert & Medical College of Wisconsin
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
12:00 - 1:00pm
Kerrigan Auditorium, Medical College of Wisconsin

(flyer)

Basic Bioethics: Introductory/Refresher Course
Monday, February 13, 2012
7:30am - 12:15pm
Alumni Center
Medical College of Wisconsin
(flyer)

 


 

Contact Us


Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities
Medical College of Wisconsin
8701 Watertown Plank Road
Milwaukee, WI   53226

(414) 955-8498
(414) 955-6511 Fax

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  • NEW! Certificate Program in Research Ethics
  • Master of Arts Degree in Bioethics
  • Certificate Program in Clinical Bioethics
  • AMA-MCW Online Fellowship in Physician Ethics and Professionalism
  • Medical Ethics Committee Network
  • Upcoming Events



"Use of Advance Directives for High-Risk Operations: A National Survey of Surgeons"
Published Abstract by Redmann, Andrew J. BA, BS; Brasel, Karen J. MD, MPH; Alexander, Caleb G. MD, MS; Schwarze, Margaret L. MD, MPP
2012 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc., published ahead of print.

"[The Examined Life] Why I am Happy Surgery is not a Spectator Sport"
 Bruce H. Campbell, MD.  Essay published in The Examined Life.
https://examinedlife.wufoo.com/forms/examined-life-journal-publication-release/

 
Arthur R. Derse, MD, JD presented "The Creation and Implementation of a Medical Humanities Program in a Free-Standing Medical School" at the Western Michigan University Medical Humanities Conference 2011 in Kalamazoo, MI. September 29, 2011. Co-authors are Julia A. Uihlein, MA, Cynthiane J. Morgenweck, MD, MA, Karen Brasel, MD, MPH, Nancy Havas, MD, Michael Farrell, MD, Bruce H. Campbell, MD, and Carlyle Chan, MD.

Arthur R. Derse, MD, JD presented "White Coat Tales," the keynote address at the Compassion and the Art of Medicine White Coat Ceremony for incoming Medical College of Wisconsin students and their parents at the Pabst Theater in Milwaukee. August 12, 2011.

Karen Brasel, MD, MPH presented "Both Sides of the Coin: Integrating Medical Humanities into Medical Education,"at The Examined Life: Writing and the Art of Medicine, 5th Annual Conference at the Carver College of Medicine at the University of Iowa. Iowa City, IA, April 21, 2011. Co-authors are Bruce H. Campbell, MD, Cynthiane J. Morgenweck, MD, MA, Nancy Havas, MD, and Arthur R. Derse, MD, JD.

Bruce H. Campbell, MD, read his essay, "The Reminder," on WUWM's Lake Effect Program April 18, 2011. 
http://www.wuwm.com/programs/lake_effect/le_sgmt.php?segmentid=7304

My Special Daughter
, an essay by Richard Holloway, PhD, Professor and Associate Chair of Family and Community Medicine and Associate Dean for Student Affairs at the Medical College of Wisconsin, was recently published in the October 2010 Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. The essay provides a glimpse of a remarkable family’s inclusion of their “special daughter” in day-to-day activities. It highlights the joy, frustration, and pride of living with a child who has special needs. Other articles by Dr. Holloway (DOC)

Physician Revives a Dying Art: The Physical
This New York Times article by Denise Grady centers on Dr. Abraham Verghese who is on a mission to bring back the "lost art" of the physical exam. Dr. Verghese is Senior Associate Chairman for the Theory and Practice of Medicine at Stanford University and author of My Own Country, The Tennis Partner, and Cutting for Stone. In the New York Times article he states, "Doctors and writers are both collectors of stories...Both have infinite curiosity about other people.  He says that he "cannot help secretly diagnosing ailments in strangers, or wondering about the lives his patients lead outside the hospital."

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