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Inaugural
Richardson lecture kicks off Medical Center Hour
Respected
biomedical ethicist and physician Dr. Mark Siegler, director of
the Center for Clinical Ethics at the University of Chicago, will
speak Sept. 8 on "Mistakes in Medicine," the School of
Medicine's inaugural Richardson Memorial Lecture.
The
Richardson lecture, to be held in McLeod Hall Auditorium, kicks
off the Medical
Center Hour series, held Wednesdays at 12:30 p.m. Talks are
in the Jordan Hall Conference Center Auditorium, except when noted.
"Mark's
been a pioneer in the training of physicians to become clinical
medical ethicists," said Jonathan Moreno, director of U.Va.'s
Center for Biomedical Ethics. Siegler, who was a visiting associate
professor in medicine and religious studies at U.Va. in 1981-82,
urges physicians to "see the practice of clinical ethics as
an appropriate part of a medical career," Moreno said.
According
to Marcia Day Childress, who organizes the Medical Center Hour series
for the Humanities in Medicine program, Siegler's presentation "could
help us cultivate among our faculty and medical students a changed
culture about how we deal with the errors that are an inevitable
part of medical practice -- how we develop a vocabulary for open,
reflective conversation with each other and with patients and their
families about error."
The
Richardson Lecture Series began with a gift from local dermatologist
Dr. Donald R. Richardson, who received his undergraduate and medical
degrees from U.Va. and completed his residency in the Medical Center,
in honor of his late mother, a former teacher.
His
goal is to teach doctors, nurses and other health care providers
to "get interested in patients as people, and not just chart
numbers."
Ultimately,
Richardson hopes to "make the University a better place for
training doctors," Richardson said, adding that Medical School
dean Dr. Robert M. Carey has "enthusiastically" embraced
the idea.
Sept.
15. Reproductive Technologies: Making Babies, Creating Problems?
Lori B. Andrews, Chicago-Kent College of Law Dr. Bruce Bateman,
Ob-Gyn, U.Va.
Sept.
22. Treating Ethnic Cleansing: Repairing History Dr. J. Anderson
Thomson Jr. Dr. Vamik D. Volkan Maurice Apprey, all from the Center
for the Study of Mind and Human Interaction, U.Va.
Sept.
29. Undue Risk: Secret State Experiments on Humans Jonathan D. Moreno,
Center for Biomedical Ethics, U.Va.
Oct.
6. The Top of the Bottom Half: One Woman's Story Liza Vann, actress,
New York City Cosponsored by the U.Va. Health System, the Women's
Committee of Martha Jefferson Hospital and the Breast Health Coalition
of the Blue Ridge
*12:30-2 p.m., McLeod Hall Auditorium
*7-8:30 p.m., Lane Auditorium, Albemarle County Office Building
Oct.
13. School of Nursing Bice Memorial Lecture Families and Cancer
Frances Marcus Lewis, School of Nursing, U. Wash.
Oct.
20. To Those Who Conferred the Greatest Benefit on Mankind: The
Nobel Prize in Medicine Wendy Golden, Cytogenetics Laboratory, U.Va.
Dr. Bernard Schneider, Radiation Oncology, U.Va.
*McLeod Hall Auditorium
Oct.
27. Hideous Progeny: Frankenstein Revisited Susan Lederer, History,
Yale Cosponsored by the Health Sciences Library's History of the
Health Sciences Lecture Series
Nov.
3. Insomnia: Sleepless in Poetry and (Medical) Prose Lisa Spaar,
Creative Writing, U.Va.
Nov.
10. Touch and Massage: A Cultural Perspective Jerry Toporowsky,
Virginia School of Massage, Charlottesville
Nov.
17. Tobacco in Virginia: Common Health, Common Wealth? Dr. Carolyn
Reed, Surgery, UNC-Chapel Hill Cosponsored by the Cancer Center
Dec.
1. A Partial View: An Alzheimer¹s Journal Jackie Main, author, Charlottesville
Ruth Henderson, author, Harrisonburg Nancy Andrews, photographer,
The Washington Post
Dec.
8. The Art of Ayurvedic Healing Anne Monius, Religious Studies,
U.Va. Dr. Jim Krag, Valley Community Services Board, Staunton
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