Center for Health Policy & Ethics Newsletter - Omaha, Nebraska

Fall 2006       Back to Focus homepage  

Director's Report

Proposed Humane Care Amendment Nearly Makes Ballot 
     by Amy Haddad, PhD

 Inside This Issue

Fulbright Visiting Scholar Discusses HIV Medication Adherence
     by Richard O’Brien, MD
Women & Health Lecture 2006 -- The Facts Behind the Fiction
     by Winifred J. Ellenchild Pinch, EdD
 My Sister's Keeper -- Perusing the Theological, Philosophical,
and Health Care Implications
     by Winifred J. Ellenchild Pinch, EdD
SAVE THE DATE! W&H 2007 with Anne Lamott “Plan B:  Further Thoughts on Faith”
     September 19, 2007 (Note: Original link to Women & Health 2007 page is no longer available.)
Core Competencies in Ethics and Professionalism for Medical Residents
     by Amy Haddad, PhD
CHPE Faculty Collaborate on Rural Health Conference in Denver
     by Gail Jensen, PhD, PT, FAPTA
Conference Report: “The Risks Posed by New Biomedical Technologies:
How Do We Analyze, Communicate & Regulate Risk?”
      by guest contributor Judith Lee Kissell, PhD

 Transitions
Center welcomes Christy A. Rentmeester, PhD, as Assistant Professor
Center welcomes John R. Stone, MD, PhD, as Adjunct Professor
CHPE Members Report on their Sabbaticals (click on name)
     Todd A. Salzman, PhD
     Linda S. Scheirton, PhD
     Jos V. M. Welie, PhD
Fall Events

End of Life Care in Pediatrics
September 29 (8 a.m. - Noon)
Co-Sponsored with Children's Hospital

An Interdisciplinary Exploration of Empathic Communication:
Implications for Students in the Health Professions
October 4 (3:30 - 4:40 p.m.)

Community Healing:
The Bioethics Quilt Project
October 6 (3:00 - 4:00 p.m.)
Muhjah Shakir, MA, OTR/L
Tuskegee University

Distinguished Lecture Series
Nutrition and Hydration
in End-of-Life Care
October 11 (Noon - 1:00 p.m.)
Kevin D. O’Rourke, O.P., J.C.D., S.T.M., Professor of Bioethics, Loyola

Humane Care Amendment:
Town Hall Brown Bag Event
October 23 (Noon - 1:00 p.m.)
Skutt Student Center, Rm 104

Distinguished Lecture Series
Inaugural Menolascino Lecture
Global Health Challenges
October 26 (Noon - 1:00 p.m.)
Christopher J.L. Murray, MD, DPhil, Harvard Initiative for Global Health

Authorship in a Changing
Academic World
November 8 (3:30 - 4:30 p.m.)
David A. Crouse, PhD, UNMC
Professor, Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs

Health Care and Nursing
Education in Hungary:
Strengths and Challenges
December 6 (3:30 - 4:30 p.m.)

           Editor, Amy Haddad, PhD; Associate Editor, Richard L. O’Brien, MD; Design & Layout, Justin Herrick, BS, BS, BS, BS, BS