The Bioethics Institute

AUGUST 30 - NOVEMBER 1, 2011 | TUESDAY EVENINGS, 6:00 - 8:30 P.M.

The Survey in Bioethics for Healthcare and Legal Professionals is designed especially for physicians, nurses, chaplains, hospital administrators, social workers and attorneys who either have an interest in or who are already involved in the field of bioethics. The course is of particular benefit to new members of bioethics committees. It will survey the major developments in bioethics and focus on some of the most important ethical, legal and medical issues associated with clinical decision-making. Lectures and group discussion of case studies are used to create a highly interactive learning environment.

Tuesday, August 30 Introduction to the Course and a Brief History of Bioethics

Tuesday, September 6 Ethical Models of the Healthcare Professional-Patient Relation

Tuesday, September 13 Models of Moral Reflection and Deliberation

Tuesday, September 20 The Ethical and Legal Aspects of Forgoing/Withdrawing Medical Treatment

Tuesday, September 27 Pain Management and the Palliative Care of the Dying

Tuesday, October 4 End-of-Life Decision Making, Medical Futility & Euthanasia

Tuesday, October 11 The Use of Quality-of-Life Judgments in Clinical Decision Making

Tuesday, October 18 The Ethical and Legal Aspects of Organ & Tissue Procurement

Tuesday, October 25 Beginning-of-Life Decision Making

Tuesday, November 1 A Process for an Ethics Case Consultation

COURSE FACULTY 

JAMES J. WALTER, PhD, holds the Austin & Ann O’Malley Chair in Bioethics in The Bioethics Institute at Loyola Marymount University. He received his PhD from the Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium) and then completed a Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Clinical Bioethics at Stritch School of Medicine at Loyola Universiy of Chicago. Currently, he serves as a clinical bioethicist at the three medical centers and a hospice facility belonging to the Citrus Valley Health Partners in Covina, CA (Citrus Valley Medical Center, Queen of the Valley Medical Center, Foothill Presbyterian Hospital, and Citrus Valley Hospice).