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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.
Unless otherwise noted, videos and presentation slides are publicly-accessible.
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Recent Submissions
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Ethical quandaries of direct-to-consumer neurotechnology
(2022-05-10)The direct-to-consumer (DTC) neurotechnology market, which includes brain computer interfaces (BCI), non-invasive neurostimulation devices, virtual reality systems (VR), wearables, and certain smartphone apps, is rapidly ... -
Medical decision making, ethics, and behavioral economics
(2022-04-12)Bioethicists have long argued for rational persuasion to help patients with their medical decisions. But the findings of behavioral economics – popularized in Thaler and Sunstein's Nudge and other books – show that arguments ... -
Ethics large and small: moral considerations in response to childhood obesity
(2022-03-08)Obesity in the U.S. has been described as an epidemic, and in response to such rhetoric, individuals, healthcare providers, public health officials, even state legislatures, and courts have proposed initiatives or enacted ... -
Putting the demos in democratic deliberation: the search for public opinion about the ethical use of biospecimens [a meditation in three acts]
(2022-02-08)The creation of sustainable and ethical policies in health care and the life sciences requires soliciting and incorporating the attitudes and opinions of the "public," a difficult task that is even more challenging in a ... -
Ethical use of surrogate measures in accelerated approval: aducanumab and beyond
(2022-01-11)[Note: The slide presentation is not available from this event.] The accelerated approval pathway was designed in the wake of the HIV epidemic to provide a pathway for drugs to reach the market based on showing changes to ... -
UT Southwestern Medical Center Ethics Grand Rounds - 2021/2022
(2021)This document lists the schedule of Ethics Grand Rounds events for September 2021 through May 2022. -
Undocumented patients and physicians: how did we get here? where are we going?
(2021-12-14)This session will trace the current clinical ethical challenges involving patients who are undocumented immigrants to features of U.S. immigration policy. We will examine the role of physicians and health care professionals ... -
Race and ethics in the design of biomedical technologies: the pulse oximeter as a case in point (The Daniel W. Foster, M.D., Visiting Lectureship in Medical Ethics)
(2021-11-09)There were clear indications from studies done in 2005 and 2007 that pulse oximeters overestimate arterial oxygen saturation during hypoxia in dark-skinned individuals. And yet, years later, the device remains essentially ... -
Ethics education in the health professions: designing for learning that lasts
(2021-10-12)This presentation provides a conceptual framework for course, continuing professional education and curricular design in ethics education for health professionals. The emphasis will be on teaching for deep understanding ... -
(SYN) biology without borders: understanding the complexities and power of life?
(2021-09-14)One of the many pressing issues the global community will confront in the next decade is whether the arsenal of biotechnologies should be deployed for conservation and environmental protection, or whether they are anathema ... -
Gynecologic surgery: call for reform
(2021-05-11)In this lecture, I describe historical and other influences that drive "double discrimination" in gynecologic surgery - lower pay in the area of surgery, which boasts the largest proportion of female surgeons, and potentially ... -
The ethics of AKI in the ICU: when can (should) you say "no"?
(2021-04-13)Many older adults with kidney failure and comorbidities may not live any longer with dialysis than without it. However, the de facto default practice is to start dialysis in most patients with progressive stage 5 chronic ... -
Neurotechnologies and agency: ethical issues in engineering the brain
(2021-03-09)Implanted neurotechnologies offer significant promise for enhancing the agency of people with motor, communication and psychiatric disorders, but they can also create confusions around agency and responsibility, and open ... -
Health and digital technology partnerships: too close for comfort?
(2021-02-09)Digital technology companies are seeking out partnerships with medical institutions at an astounding rate. Those involved tout these partnerships as empowering consumers, driving innovation, and increasing efficiency. At ... -
Public health in disasters: "the invisible first responders"
(2021-01-12)Public health departments have a fundamental ethical responsibility for protecting their communities and over time have acquired important skills in responding to emerging threats. State and local health departments across ... -
Tolerance & integrity: defining boundaries of acceptable treatment & non-treatment decisions
(2020-12-08)Clinical ethics consultations often involve some degree of conflict between patients (or their parents) and clinical teams regarding pursuing--or not pursuing--a specific treatment, or regarding some other request or ... -
Good sport and good doctoring: when patients want enhancements, not therapy (The Daniel W. Foster, M.D., Visiting Lectureship in Medical Ethics)
(2020-11-10)We know that athletes, from aspiring teens to professional and aging masters, use drugs to enhance their performance. We know that in almost all sports using performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) is forbidden. Why do athletes ... -
The "difficult patient" reconceived: an expanded moral mandate for clinical ethics
(2020-10-13)Between 15%-60% of patients are considered "difficult" by their treating physicians. Patient psychiatric pathology is the conventional explanation for why patients are deemed "difficult." But the prevalence of the problem ... -
Unlearning to learn: re-envisioning ethics oversight for learning health systems
(2020-09-08)The learning health system gained attention for its promise to improve the quality and efficiency of health care. In a learning health system, knowledge generation is built into the ongoing practice of clinical care, and ... -
UT Southwestern Medical Center Ethics Grand Rounds - 2020/2021
(2020)This document lists the schedule of Ethics Grand Rounds events for September 2020 through May 2021.
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