A second speaker has been added to today’s CAPHIS program:
Consent or Obedience? Medical Authority and Consumer Health Education: Bridging the Medical Ethics Gap

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Please join us on Monday May 19th from 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm to hear an interesting program on the ethics of research on medical authority and knowledge:

Location: Grand Ballroom A

Today, the Internet has transformed the way consumer health information is distributed and who has access. Consumers have access to multiple, conflicting sources of medical information and in order to decipher this information it calls for skills and strategies for judging the trustworthiness of a source. This program will discuss the ethics of research on medical authority and knowledge e.g. how consumers use health information and the ethical implications of that.

Speakers:

  • Michal Raucher, Northwestern University - What They Mean when They Say it’s Good Science: The Medical Community’s Response to Boutique Fetal Ultrasounds
  • Laurie Zoloth, Ph.D., Northwestern University - Truth and Consequence: Authoritative Knowledge, Claims of Salvation, and the Medical Internet

- Tammy Mays