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The Medical Center Hour: Medicine in the Genomics Era10/31/07 - This keynote address for the annual Medical Student Research Symposium highlights
medical genomics research at the frontiers of science through examination of researcher Stephen
Rich's work on Type One diabetes. Dr. Rich's talk also offers glimpses of a life in science and
the scientist's commitment to the health of the public. |
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The Medical Center Hour: Babies by Design: Ethics and Genetic Enhancement10/24/07 - Advances in genetics and reproductive technologies, as well as changing social mores
around"enhancement medicine," make it increasingly possible to design offspring by selecting for
(or against) certain traits or tendencies. What are the ethics of genetic enhancement for
prospective parents and for larger communities and health professionals providing necessary
services? |
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The Medical Center Hour: Cross-Cultural Competence in Cultural Care10/17/07 - Pediatric surgeon and bioethicist Farhat Moazam is at home in Pakistan, where she was
born and studied medicine, and the U.S., where she trained and practiced as a surgeon, then took
degrees in bioethics. What qualities and skills do clinicians require to practice effectively
wherever home is, and to traverse cultural divides? |
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The Medical Center Hour: Root Shock: The Impact of Urban Renewal on Health10/3/07 - 20th-century urban renewal projects, including Charlottesville\'s Vinegar Hill,
bulldozed entire districts and traumatically displaced hundreds of African American communities,
whose residents experienced \"root shock\" with destruction of their physical and emotional
ecosystems. How might we understand better and approach differently the health status of urban
African Americans and the health of our cities and neighborhoods? |
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The Medical Center Hour: Displaying Dead & Different Bodies...9/19/07 - Controversy about touring exhibits of plastinated, dissected human cadavers, and
medical museums, that draw crowds curious to see these forbidden forms begs the questions: "What's
our fascination when we behold the body so exhibited? Who should have access to dead or irregular bodies? What are the ethics of human display? |
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The Medical Center Hour: Being There: Medical Students Service After 9/119/12/07 - For months following September 11, 2001, 20 new medical students at NYU worked as
volunteers in the office of the city |
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The Medical Center Hour: Corporate Ethics and Biotechnology4/4/07 - Kem Hawkins of the Cook Group, Inc., addresses how does the head of a large company views his corporation's, and his own, ethical obligations: Are there special ethical considerations when the company is a major developer and purveyor of biotechnology, when its products and profits are closely bound to human health? |
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The Medical Center Hour: Empathy for Health Care Professionals3/28/07 - Distinguished medical educator Richard Frankel of Indiana University School of Medicine offers his perspective on how to improve doctor-patient communication. What's at stake in the patient-physician relationship and in communication between doctor and patient, and how does the setting in which the patient sees the doctor affect the nature and outcomes of their interaction? |
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