Center News & Announcements

Tom Tomlinson, Len Fleck, Howard Brody, Harry Perlstadt, and Fred Gifford spoke as part of the 7th Annual National Undergraduate Bioethics Conference, held at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (Mar. 19-20, 2004).

Judy Andre spoke at the Centre D’Ethique Clinique, Cochin Hospital, Paris, on “Bioethics as Practice” and her current work, “Cosmopolitan Virtue” (Mar. 25, 2004).

Howard Brody took part in an ethics consultation seminar, “Ethical Issues Regarding Physicians and the Pharmaceutical Industry,” Texas A&M University, Salada, TX (Feb. 9, 2004).

Len Fleck was a member of a panel discussing “Sibling Obligations in the Age of Genetics” for the Philosophy and Medicine Committee of the American Philosophical Association at their annual Eastern Division meeting in Washington D.C. (Dec. 27-30). The paper that was the basis for his presentation, “Sharing Genetic Information: What is a Minimally Decent Sibling to Do?” is being published in the Spring, 2004 issue of the American Philosophical Association Newsletter on Philosophy and Medicine.

Judy Andre spoke at the Biomedical Ethics Unit at McGill University in Montreal, on “Virtue and the Global Village: Honesty in Public Health” (Mar. 2, 2004).

Howard Brody presented “Ethical Implications of Placebos,” as part of a panel discussion at the meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Seattle, WA (Feb. 14, 2004).