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The Tough Cases ethics discussion series is supported by the Allen Lein Ethics in Medicine Fund and meets once monthly. It provides an opportunity for medical students, pharmacy students, graduate students, and others anticipating a career in medicine or science to increase awareness of, and sensitivity to, ethical issues.

Unless otherwise noted, all meetings are the fourth Tuesday of the month, noon - 1:30 p.m. at UCSD in the Stein Clinical Research Building, Room 148. To subscribe/unsubscribe to the toughcases-l mailing list, please go to http://lists.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/toughcases-l.

Date	Topic	Discussion Leader
January 23	Delivering Bad News	Mary Devereaux, Ph.D.
February 27	The Effect of Religious/Cultural/Racial Differences on the Clinical Relationship of Doctor-Patient Please note a change in room: Medical Teaching Facility (MTF) 168	Arnie Gass, M.D.
March 27	Spring break - no meeting
April 24	The Brave New World of Ethics in Reproductive Technology: A Case Involving Surrogacy, Triplets, Twin-To-Twin Transfusion Syndrome (TTTS) and Selective Reduction	Frank Mannino, M.D.
May 22	Difficult Patients	Stephanie Bremond & Judith Nielsen Dept. of Social Work Hillcrest Medical Center
June 26	Complex Decision-making at the End of Life	Renate Pilz, M.D.
July 24	Forced Therapy	Ian Jenkins
August 28	Summer break - no meeting
September 25	When Heroic Interventions Fail: The Toll on Health Care Workers	Rev. Debbie Timmons & Nancy Schafer Sharp Grossmont Hospital
October 23	Letting Go: When Patient Interest and Medical Treatment Conflict	Mary Devereaux, Ph.D.
November 27	Medical Futility, Palliative Care, and Family Conflict	Heather Herman Moores UCSD Cancer Center
December 18	When Should We Permit 'Natural Dying' Please note change in regularly scheduled day	Stan Turman, Ph.D., M.D. Caring Advocates / San Diego Hospice