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The Biomedical Ethics Seminar Series meets once monthly for faculty, staff, and students to discuss selected ethics topics. All meetings are Wednesdays, 4:30 - 6:30 p.m.

Unless otherwise noted, all seminars are at UCSD in Medical Teaching Facility (MTF) 175
Date
Topic
Discussion
Leader
January 21

Hormone Replacement Therapy and the Women's Health Initiative Study
Cynthia Stuenkel,
Mary Devereaux
February 18
The Failure to Disclose Adverse Effects: The Case of the SSRIs
Loren Mosher
March 17
Embryonic Stem Cell Chimera Research: What is it? What are its benefits? What concerns does it raise?
Mark Mercola
April 21
Informed Consent for Research: How "Informed" Is It?
Dilip Jeste
May 19
The Use of Patient Data Without Consent
Matthew Allison
June 16
The Parent Trap: Uncovering Bias in Judicial Treatment of Frozen Embryo Disputes
NOTE ROOM CHANGE:
Leichtag Building Room 2A05
Ellen Waldman
July 21
Traversing An Ethical Minefield:
The Continuing Stem Cell Debate
Evan Snyder
August 18
Summer break - no meeting
 
September 15
International AIDS Research
Christopher Mathews
October 20
Complementary Medicine in the Treatment of Cancer: Ethical Issues
Gordon Saxe
November 17
Ethical and Legal Issues in End of Life Care: A Case of an Elderly Breast Cancer Patient
Bryan A. Liang
December 15
Using the Medicine of History
Harry Powell

ACCREDITATION FOR CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION:

The University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine designates this educational activity for one credit per hour of Category 1credit toward the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those credits that he/she actually spent in the activity.  

SEMINAR SERIES OBJECTIVES:
  1. To increase awareness of the ethical dimensions of research, clinical practice, and teaching.

  2. To increase discussion and understanding of the ethical dimensions of research, clinical practice and teaching.