Ethicist to discuss health care, physician-assisted suicide
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Lectures at OSU campuses in Tulsa and Stillwater open to the public.
(February 21, 2008 STILLWATER, Okla.) – Tom Beauchamp, author and renowned ethicist
will discuss ethical issues related to health care and physician-assisted suicide
on March 3 and 4 at Oklahoma State University.
In Tulsa on March 3, his lecture is titled “Physician-Assisted Suicide and You.” That
evening in Stillwater, he will discuss “Ethical Issues in Health Care Resource Allocation.”
On March 4, he will explore “The Ethics of Physician-Assisted Suicide.”
Beauchamp’s lectures present controversial biomedical ethics topics in a lively and
engaging way providing audience members with the full range of issues involved, says
Lorraine Landry, an assistant professor of philosophy at OSU who is overseeing Beauchamp’s
visit to Oklahoma.
“During his decades in the field, Dr. Beauchamp has authored many articles and books
advancing the field of ethics and has contributed greatly to public’s understanding
by serving on several President’s Commissions and lecturing widely,” she said.
Beauchamp is a philosophy professor and senior research scholar at the Kennedy Institute
of Ethics at Georgetown University. He earned graduate degrees from Yale University
and The Johns Hopkins University. He is a staff member of the National Commission
for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research.
The lectures are free and open to the public. To learn more, phone (405) 744-0487
or visit http://philosophy.okstate.edu/ethicscenter. The lectures are funded by the
OSU Arts and Sciences Arts and Humanities Lecture Series. The event is coordinated
by the philosophy department and The Ethics Center at OSU.
Beauchamp’s schedule:
“Physician-Assisted Suicide and You”
Monday, March 3, OSU Health Sciences Center in Tulsa, Room D107, Noon
“Ethical Issues in Health Care Resource Allocation”
Monday, March 3, OSU-Stillwater, Business Building, Room 018, 7 p.m.
“The Ethics of Physician-Assisted Suicide”
Tuesday, March 4, OSU-Stillwater, Classroom Building, Room 112, 3:30 p.m.