Ethics of Modern Health Care Debated at UC Berkeley Extension.News Editors/Education & Health Writers BERKELEY, Calif.--(BW HealthWire)--Feb. 28, 2001 From genetic engineering to abortion, from organ transplantation The transfer of organs such as the kidneys, heart, or liver from one body to another. The transplantation of human organs has become a common medical procedure. Typical organs transplanted are the kidneys, heart, liver, pancreas, cornea, skin, bones, and lungs. to the "right to die" movement, many contemporary healthcare issues raise complex ethical quandaries. The emerging field of "bioethics bioethics, in philosophy, a branch of ethics concerned with issues surrounding health care and the biological sciences. These issues include the morality of abortion, euthanasia, in vitro fertilization, and organ transplants (see transplantation, medical). " seeks to help professionals, patients, and society cope with increasingly difficult choices. A daylong day·long adj. Lasting through the whole day. adv. Through the day; all day. Adj. 1. daylong - lasting through an entire day UC Berkeley Extension workshop next month provides an overview of issues in healthcare ethics confronting professionals working in a variety of medical fields. "Modern Healthcare Ethics: From Before Birth to After Death" will take place Saturday, March 24, 9 am-5 pm, at the UC Berkeley Extension San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden Center, 55 Laguna St., in San Francisco. The fee is $175. To register, call 510/642-4111 or register online at www.unex.berkeley.edu. Presenter Steve Heilig, M.P.H., a healthcare ethicist-consultant, is the founding coeditor of the Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, and director of the Bay Area Network of Ethics Committee ethics committee A multidisciplinary hospital body composed of a broad spectrum of personnel–eg, physicians, nurses, social workers, priests, and others, which addresses the moral and ethical issues within the hospital. See DNR, Institutional review board. . Heilig will explore the history of healthcare and considers real-life ethical conundrums arising in modern healthcare from before conception to after death. Participants will also learn about the role of ethicists and ethics committees, delve into current research and landmark court decisions, and imagine potential future developments. For a free catalog catalog, descriptive list, on cards or in a book, of the contents of a library. Assurbanipal's library at Nineveh was cataloged on shelves of slate. The first known subject catalog was compiled by Callimachus at the Alexandrian Library in the 3d cent. B.C. listing more than a thousand courses offered by UC Berkeley Extension this spring in locations around the Bay and beyond, call toll-free 888-UC-SMART (888/827-6278) or visit Extension's website at www.unex.berkeley.edu. CALENDAR LISTING: March 24: "Modern Healthcare Ethics: From Before Birth to After Death" -- daylong UC Berkeley Extension workshop, Sat., Mar. 24, 9 am-5 pm, UC Berkeley Extension San Francisco Center, 55 Laguna St., San Francisco; fee $175. To register, call 510/642-4111 or register online at www.unex.berkeley.edu. |
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