Physician-assisted suicide is topic of ISPS talk
Tom Beauchamp, senior research scholar of the Kennedy Institute of Ethics and professor of philosophy at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., will discuss "Justification for Physician-Assisted Suicide" on Wednesday, Dec. 13.
As part of the Institution for Social and Policy Studies (ISPS) Bioethics Seminar, Beauchamp will first speak at noon in the lower level conference of ISPS, 77 Prospect St. Lunch will be provided at this meeting for those who contact Carol Pollard in advance at (203) 432-6188 or carol.pollard@yale.edu. Beauchamp will then present a more formal lecture at 7:30 p.m. at the Joseph Slifka Center, 80 Wall St. Both talks are free and open to the public.
After receiving a graduate degree in theology from Yale in 1966 and a doctorate in philosophy from Johns Hopkins University in 1970, Beauchamp joined the faculty of the philosophy department at Georgetown University in 1970. In the mid-1970s he accepted a joint appointment at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics.
In 1976, Beauchamp joined the staff of the National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research, where he wrote the bulk of "The Belmont Report," published in 1978.
Beauchamp is the co-author of "Principles of Biomedical Ethics," which has sold more copies than any book in the history of medical ethics and will be released in a fifth edition this year, and "A History and Theory of Informed Consent." He is also one of three editors of the "Clarendon Hume," a critical edition of the works of David Hume.
Ethicist to present 2000 McGovern Lecture
William May '52 B.D., '62 Ph.D., the Cary M. Maguire Professor of Ethics at the Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, will deliver the 2000 McGovern Lecture on Thursday, Dec. 14.
Titled "Contending Images for Interpreting the Healer," May's talk will take place at 5 p.m. in the Beaumont Room of the Sterling Hall of Medicine, 333 Cedar St. A reception will precede the lecture at 4:30 p.m. Sponsored by the Program for Humanities in Medicine, the event is free and open to the public.
In his presentation, May will expand on Flannery O'Connor's dictum, "You know of people by the stories they tell," and describe how images are compressed stories that can give us our perceptions of the world and our cues for behavior. His lecture will explore five contending images for interpreting the physician: the fighter, the technician, the contractor, the covenant partner and the teacher.
Music publishers to speak at School of Music
Music publishers Arnold and Thomas Broido will discuss the current state of music publishing in the United States in the School of Music's composer's seminar at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 14, in Rm. 403, 435 College St.
The talk is free and open to the public.
Arnold Broido is chair of the boards of the Theodore Presser Company and Elkan-Vogel, Inc. His son, Thomas Broido, is president of Theodore Presser. Established in 1783, Theodore Presser is the oldest continuing music publisher in the United States.
Arnold Broido began his career as a music publisher with Boosey & Hawkes as head of the stockroom, later becoming an editor. He moved on to Century and Mercury Music, then to E.B. Marks, Frank Music Corporation and Boston Music before joining the Theodore Presser Company as president in 1969. He now actively heads the company's publication department.
In 1990, Arnold Broido's alma mater, Ithaca College, honored him with the doctor of music degree in recognition of his activities on behalf of contemporary music and intellectual property. In 1998, the American Music Center awarded him their Letter of Distinction for "significant contributions to the field of contemporary music."
Arnold Broido is a board member and treasurer of ASCAP, director and treasurer of the ASCAP Foundation, director and secretary of the National Music Publishers Association, director and secretary of the Harry Fox Agency, director and former president of the Music Publishers Association of the United States, chair of the International Confederation of Music Publishers and president of the International Federation of Serious Music Publishers.
Former U.S. public health officer to lead risk assessment forum
Barry L. Johnson, assistant surgeon general (retired) of the U.S. Public Health Service and adjunct professor at the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University, will be the next featured speaker of the Interdisciplinary Risk Assessment Forum on Thursday, Dec. 14.
Johnson will lead a luncheon forum on "Putting Public Health into Environmental Protection -- A Return to Basics," at noon at the Institution for Social and Policy Studies, 77 Prospect St. For luncheon reservations, contact Carol Pollard at (203) 432-6188 or carol.pollard@yale.edu. Johnson will then present a lecture on "The Politics, Frustrations and Satisfactions of Organizing an Unwanted New Federal Public Health Agency" at 4 p.m. in Bowers Auditorium of Sage Hall, 205 Prospect St. Both talks are free and open to the public.
Prior to his retirement in 1999 from the Public Health Service, Johnson served from 1986 as the assistant administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, one of the eight agencies that constitute the Public Health Service. The agency's mission is to prevent or mitigate adverse human health effects as a consequence of exposure to hazardous substances in the environment.
Johnson is a member of the Environment and Health Committee of Physicians for Social Responsibility, a volunteer adviser to the World Wildlife Fund, editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Human and Ecological Risk Assessment, and consultant to the World Health Organization. He is the recipient of three PHS medals, two Commendation Medals and the Surgeon General's Medallion, and is the author of "Impact of Hazardous Waste on Human Health."
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