2002-2003
The Meaning of Human Gene Testing for Disability Rights: The Rise of a New Eugenics?
Prof. Edward J. Larson, JD, PhD
University of Georgia
Tuesday, September 17, 2002 - 12:15pm to 1:15pm
William G. Shepard Room, Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum
The Litigation Revolution: Tobacco Liability and the Rise of the New Public Health
Wednesday, December 4, 2002 - 12:30pm to 2:30pm
Mondale Hall, Room 25, University of Minnesota Law School
Poverty, Pollution & Public Health: Strategies for Building Just and Sustainable Communities
Prof. Robert D. Bullard, PhD
Clark Atlanta University
Tuesday, March 11, 2003 - 1:15pm to 2:15pm
William G. Shepard Room, Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum
Toxicogenethics: Ethical Issues at the Intersection of Genetics and the Toxicological Sciences
Prof. Richard R. Sharp, PhD
Baylor College of Medicine
Tuesday, November 5, 2002 - 1:15pm to 2:15pm
Room 25, Mondale Hall, University of Minnesota Law School
Restrictions on Privacy, Autonomy and Liberty: Lessons from Infectious Disease Control
Wednesday, April 9, 2003 - 11:30am to 1:00pm
Mondale Hall, Room 25, University of Minnesota Law School
Balancing Public Health and the Patients' Rights: The Threat of Bioterrorism
Wednesday, October 16, 2002 - 11:30am to 1:00pm
Mondale Hall, Room 25, University of Minnesota Law School
Is it possible to protect the public from threats of disaster – or even ordinary disease – without undermining the ethical and legal principles on which patient rights are based? Prof. Mariner explored the differences between medicine and public health and argue that uncritical endorsement of public health goals threatens patients' rights by ignoring fundamental values and legal principles.
Shifting Visions of Disability: Public Health, Law & Ethics
Prof. Wendy E. Parmet, JD
Northeastern University School of Law
Thursday, February 6, 2003 - 1:15pm to 2:15pm
William G. Shepard Room, Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum