The IU Center for Bioethics is committed to creating an environment that embraces different perspectives and opinions on some of the challenging problems in society. To improve race relations and health outcomes, tough discussions are a must. The bioethics and race series aims to facilitate this talk and to encourage change and progress from all front.
Selected Lectures
- Speaker: Elizabeth A. Nelson, PhD
Dying Prematurely: Discussing Death & Dying with African Americans
- Speaker: Brownsyne Tucker Edmonds, MD, MPH, MS; Associate Professor Obstetrics & Gynecology; Assistant Dean for Diversity Affairs, IU School of Medicine
Objectives:
1. Discuss racial differences in end-of-life decision making
2. Develop a historical and cultural context for understanding these differences
a. Untimely deaths, unequal treatment, and the ‘not-so-good’ death
3. Consider the implications for clinical care
4. Tools & Resources: 5 ‘F’s Framework
Upcoming Speakers
Please check back here for an updated list of upcoming lectures.
Selected Articles
American Medical Association: Police Brutality Must Stop (American Medical Association, May 2020)
Health Equity Implication of Police Violence (UNC Center for Health Equiy Research, August 2017)
Bioethics Can and Should Contribute to Addressing Racism (American Journal of Bioethics, June 2017)