Excellent analysis! The question in my mind: why the hell did the so-called medical ethicists from Harvard who had control over Justinas review at Boston Childrens just walk away from her? Why did they think that they could cravenly stick their heads in the sand? Their ethical failure renders their whole program, in my eyes, a laughingstock and a disgrace. I want to hear them try to explain themselves. medethics.med.harvard.edu/about/ This analysis should be sent to the Department Chair and every last member of this Ethics section, and tell them to get off their asses and act before the next pronouncement of the fate of Justina Pelletier. I have appended the Faculty and added those emals which were listed. I think that they should all hear from concerned patients. Let them know your concerns, and ask them how they could have remained silent. medethics.med.harvard.edu/people/ Look at this page--what they hope to do in public discourse: Public Programs The Division of Medical Ethics is deeply committed to making HMS an intellectual center for public debate and discussion on issues of concern to scientists, medical professionals, and the general public. The Division’s public programs help fulfill the University’s responsibility as a center of learning, serving audiences beyond the boundaries of the academic community. The Division sponsors public lectures, debates, and symposia that bring together experts in various fields with members of HMS, the University and the larger community. These programs provide a forum for dialogue and debate on a wide range of contemporary health care issues. Forums The Medical Ethics Forum brings together experts to address a topic of current interest, devoting the first hour to several speakers, and the second to audience participation. One of our most recent forums, “The Politicization of Science,” explored the troubling increase of political intrusions into the conduct of science and its use in public policy. Another recent forum, “In the Line of Duty: SARS and Physician Responsibility in Epidemics”, explored the ethical dilemmas faced as this epidemic unfolded, with an eye to implications for a possible Avian flu pandemic. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I think that they should add a new topic to their forum: how could the Dept. of Psychiatry become so incompenet and corrupt, and supported by the CEO of Boston Childrens. --------------Look at the Events that they have scheduled for February: February 2014 Decision Making in Medicine & Surgery: Ethical Considerations in Providing High Quality Care Friday, February 7 7:00 – 8:30 AM Massachusetts General Hospital O’Keeffe Auditorium 55 Fruit Street A panel presentation and discussion with Richard P. Cambria, MD, Chief, MGH Division of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery; Kenneth Rosenfield, MD, MHCDS, Section Head, MGH Vascular Medicine & Intervention; Laura Rossi, RN, PhD, Staff Specialist, MGH Center for Quality & Safety and Cyrus C. Hopkins, MD, Medical Director, MGH Center for Quality & Safety. Facilitated by Christine Mitchell, RN, MS, MTS, FAAN, Associate Director of Clinical Ethics, Division of Medical Ethics, HMS. For additional information, email Ellen Robinson. The Medical Ethics Faculty Seminar — Implementation of the Affordable Care Act: Ethics and Policy — “Consequences of the Supreme Court Decisions on the ACA” Friday, February 21 12:30 – 2:00 PM Countway Library Minot Room, 5th Floor 10 Shattuck Street, Boston Michelle M. Mello, JD, PhD, Professor of Law and Public Health, and Director, Program in Law and Public Health, Department of Health Policy and Management, HSPH. RSVP here. Robert D. Truog, MD (Interim Director) [email protected] Professor of Medical Ethics & Anaesthesia (Pediatrics) Interim Director, Division of Medical Ethics, Harvard Medical School Senior Associate in Critical Care Medicine, Children’s Hospital Boston Marcia Angell, MD Email: [email protected] Senior Lecturer in Global Health and Social Medicine Editor-in-Chief, Emerita, New England Journal of Medicine Dan W. Brock, PhD Email: [email protected] Frances Glessner Lee Professor of Medical Ethics in the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine Nir Eyal, DPhil [email protected] Associate Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine (Medical Ethics) Edward M. Hundert, MD [email protected] Senior Lecturer in Medical Ethics Lisa Lehmann, MD, PhD, Msc Email: [email protected] Associate Professor in Global Health and Social Medicine (Medical Ethics) Associate Professor of Medicine Director, Center for Bioethics, Brigham & Women’s Hospital Edward Lowenstein, MD Henry Isaiah Dorr Professor of Research and Teaching in Anaesthetics and Anaesthesia, HMS Professor of Medical Ethics, HMS Provost, Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, MGH Christine Mitchell RN, MS, MTS Email: [email protected] Director, Office of Ethics, Children’s Hospital Boston Associate Director, Clinical Ethics, Division of Medical Ethics, HMS Sadath Sayeed, JD, MD [email protected] Instructor in Global Health and Social Medicine Attending Neonatologist, Division of Newborn Medicine, Children’s Hospital Boston Mildred Solomon, EdD [email protected] Associate Clinical Professor of Medical Ethics, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, HMS Associate Clinical Professor of Anaesthesia, Children’s Hospital Director of Clinical Research, Division of Medical Ethics, HMS Director of the DME Fellowship in Medical Ethics Fellows Marc Bernard Ackerman, DMD, MBA, FACD Danielle Deperalta, MD Assunta De Rienzo, PhD Alan Fine, MD Sharyn Kurtz, PA-C, MPAS, MCS Gail Leslie, PMHCNS-BC Rebecca H. Li, PhD Melissa J. Lopes, JD Mary Pennington RN, MS Manne Sjöstrand, MD Manne Sjöstrand, MD Manne Sjöstrand, MD is a resident in General Psychiatry and a PhD-candidate in Medical Ethics at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden. Prior to his medical training at Karolinska Institutet, he studied Philosophy and History of Ideas and Science at Stockholm University and Lund University. His current research focuses on issues related to patient autonomy and decision-making capacity in psychiatry and in end-of-life care. His interests also include public-health ethics, empirical bioethics, and the history and philosophy of psychiatry Patrick T. Smith, MDiv, MA Patrick T. Smith, MDiv, MA Patrick T. Smith, MDiv, MA, PhD (cand) is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Theology at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, South Hamilton, MA and the Ethics Coordinator for the Angela Hospice Care Center in Livonia, MI. Along with regional commitments, he is dedicated to global education having taught courses and provided lectures to clergy, medical professionals, educators, and community and government leaders in Kitwe, Zambia; Johannesburg, South Africa; Nairobi, Kenya, and various regions in the West Indies. He serves on the ethics advisory council for the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), the Children’s Hospital Boston Ethics Advisory Committee, and the Community Ethics Committee sponsored by Harvard Ethics Leadership Group. He also is a state board member of the Hospice and Palliative Care Association of Michigan. His general academic and research areas are in ethical theory, end-of-life medical ethics, hospice palliative care, religious epistemology, and analytic philosophical theology. He is interested particularly in the factors surrounding the disparity of hospice care use in African-American populations along with the more frequent use of aggressive life sustaining treatment at the end of life in comparison to their non-Hispanic White counterparts. His formal education includes a B.S. in Business Administration from Auburn University, an M.Div. from Trinity International University, and an M.A. in philosophy from Wayne State University where he is also a Ph.D. candidate. Sabune Joane Winkler, JD N Nikola Biller-Andorno, MD, PhD is Full Professor and Director of the Institute of Biomedical Ethics, University of Zurich, Switzerland, a WHO Collaborating Centre for Bioethics. She has acted as deputy editor of the Journal of Medical Ethics from 2004 to 2011, and is the immediate Past-President of the International Association of Bioethics. Currently, she is at Harvard as a Harkness Fellow sponsored by the Commonwealth Fund and the Swiss Careum Foundation, exploring the interface of ethics, health services research, quality management, behavioral sciences and economics. Visiting Faculty Nikola Biller-Andorno, MD, PhD Visiting Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine (Medical Ethics) Harkness/Careum Fellow in Health Care Policy and Practice Staff Helena Martins, MBA Program Manager 617-432-3041 Christine Moreira Staff Assistant 617-432-2571
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