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This collection contains Grand Rounds material (videos, presentation slides, or handouts) submitted to the Library from the Ethics Program. This collection also contains material from the annual Daniel W. Foster, M.D., Visiting Lectureship in Medical Ethics.
The annual Daniel W. Foster, M.D., Visiting Lectureship in Medical Ethics brings distinguished scholars in medical ethics to the UT Southwestern Medical Center campus to present and discuss the challenging moral issues in biomedicine. Established in 2007 in honor of UT Southwestern’s Daniel W. Foster, the Lectureship also offers opportunities for faculty, staff, and trainees to discuss medical ethics in an intimate setting.
All lectures are held on the second Tuesday of every month in the academic year (September – May) from 12 noon to 1 p.m. For more information, contact Ruth Vinciguerra at 214-648-4959.
Unless otherwise noted, videos and presentation slides are publicly-accessible.
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Recent Submissions
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UT Southwestern Medical Center Ethics Grand Rounds - 2019/2020
(2019)This document lists the schedule of Ethics Grand Rounds events for September 2019 through May 2020. -
Ethical issues in the health care professional/law enforcement relationship: reflections from emergency medicine
(2019-05-14)[NOTE: The video was not available from this event.] Health care professionals (including emergency physicians) may have frequent interactions with police officers who are investigating alleged crimes. These officers may ... -
The law and ethics of conscientious refusal
(2019-04-09)The presentation will examine conflicts of conscience that arise between patients, healthcare providers, and institutions in the field of medicine, especially with regard to reproductive health and end-of-life care. More ... -
Proviso partners for health: a model for REAL cultural consciousness
(2019-03-12)Proviso Partners for Health is a multi-sector coalition convened by the Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine. Over the last three years, our team has established a health and economic opportunity movement with low ... -
Moral distress in healthcare professionals: what is it and how should we respond?
(2019-02-12)[Note: The slide presentation and video are not available from this event.] Over the past 20 years, the study of moral distress has garnered great interest among healthcare professionals, philosophers, and researchers due ... -
Universal genomic testing of newborns: bowl of cherries or can of worms?
(2019-01-08)The first gene was sequenced by "reverse genetics" in 1989, launching the Human Genome Project. Genetic technologies have advanced and found usefulness in many areas of science and medicine. Concurrently, the general public ... -
Human enhancement: a middle way?
(2018-12-11)The prospect of human enhancement--of using medical interventions not just as therapies for disorders and injuries but as tools to make people better than normal--has often seemed to pit hardliners against freethinkers. ... -
Neuro-epigenethics: ethical and legal issues in epigenetic testing
(2018-11-13)Epigenetic technologies that allow us to determine smoking and drinking behaviors have the potential to shift the frame of reference with which we judge ourselves and others. This session on the ethical use of epigenetic ... -
Maintaining trustworthiness in NIH public-private partnerships (The Daniel W. Foster, M.D., Visiting Lectureship in Medical Ethics)
(2018-10-09)Public-private partnerships (PPPs) can benefit the public, but recent National Institutes of Health (NIH) cases illustrate how PPPs may raise important concerns about conflicts of interest (COIs). A proposed PPP to accelerate ... -
Doctors need evolution the way engineers need physics, but they don't get it because of politics
(2018-09-11)[Note: The slides are not available from this event.] The past 25 years have seen many new applications of evolutionary biology in medicine. Some investigate why natural selection has left systems vulnerable, expanding ... -
UT Southwestern Medical Center Ethics Grand Rounds - 2018/2019
(2018)This document lists the schedule of Ethics Grand Rounds events for September 2018 through May 2019. -
The promise and consequences of translational research: the ethical implications of using pets as research subjects in comparative medicine
(2018-05-08)The failure of so many promising candidate therapies to translate from laboratory animal models to human subjects has turned a spotlight on the use of pets as a potential solution to this problem. Biomedical research and ... -
Biomedical ethics considerations stemming from limb loss/difference care and prosthetic enablement
(2018-04-10)This talk explores the biomedical ethics considerations that currently surround limb loss and prosthetic functional enablement. The biomedical ethics consult is re-examined operationally, bringing into focus how aspects ... -
The moral and societal responsibilities of biologists during times of revolution
(2018-03-13)[Note: The slides are not available from this event.] Advances in the life sciences in the 21st century have the potential to greatly improve the health of humans, animals, plants, and the environment around the globe. ... -
Surrogate decision making in the internet age
(2018-02-13)[Note: The slides are not available from this event.] The technology revolution has had an enormous effect on all aspects of the practice of medicine, from record-keeping to scheduling to billing to treatments to research. ... -
Queer bioethics: LGBTQI medical history & contemporary ethics
(2018-01-09)In this historically informed talk, Dr. Wahlert covers a range of biomedical examples that explain the morally and bioethically fraught relationship between LGBT persons and the biosciences. Long pathologized and repeatedly ... -
Gene drives on the horizon: challenges in science, ethics, and governance
(2017-12-12)[Note: The slide presentation and video are not available from this event.] Since 2015, researchers using the gene editing technique CRISPR-Cas9 have developed laboratory-based proofs-of-concept for gene drives in yeast, ... -
The antibiotic era: historical and ethical reflections on seven decades of reform efforts
(2017-11-14)Today, as we increasingly turn our attention to antibiotic resistance and the possibility of a post-antibiotic era, it is important to consider the historical evolution of attempts to implement the "rational" use of ... -
Reflections on race and racism in bioethics: Is there a way forward? (The Daniel W. Foster, M.D., Visiting Lectureship in Medical Ethics)
(2017-10-12)[Note: The slide presentation is not available from this event.] The concept of race emerged in the United States to explain observable differences among human beings. Physicians, scientists and others used this concept ... -
Why can't we be friends?: legal and ethical dimensions of social media in health care
(2017-09-12)The use of social media has burgeoned in the last several years. Although liberating to many people, the use of social media among health care professionals can pose various ethical and legal challenges. In this presentation, ...
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