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Bioethics and Law Seminar (in English)

Moderators

• Yechiel Michael Barilan, MD, MA. Department of Medical Education, Bioethics and Law Center, Sackler Faculty of  Medicine

• Oren Asman, LLD, Adv. Department of Nursing; Bioethics and Law Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine

Coordinator

• Amir Tal, Ph.D., Bioethics and Law Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine

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About the seminar

​During the academic year, the Seminar focuses on various bio-ethical and medico-legal matters.  Some meetings focus on core bio-ethical texts, papers, or chapters; others include research students' and researchers' presentations of works-in-progress and master-class lectures of guests from around the world.  Topics over the years included: privacy, virtue ethics, utilitarianism, deontology, moral psychology, human dignity, and human rights, Jewish Bioethics, clinical ethics, etc.

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2023 Responsible Medical AI Seminar: See   here

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On-site Bioethics Events (Focus: Older Persons)
 

On-site meetings, workshops, and conferences mentioned below will be further detailed on our website. RSVP will be required.

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1. Thinking Well About Aging
Wednesday, March 22, 2023, 4pm-6.30pm
(room 106, School of Health Professions, TAU)
Prof. Ezekiel (Zeke) Emmanuel, Prof. Shlomo Shoham, Prof. YM Barilan
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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2. Psychiatrists in Society: The Ethics of Political Involvement
Sunday, May 1, 2023. 
Prof. Rebecca Weintraub Brendell, Harvard Medical School Center for Bioethics and
President of the American Psychiatric Association 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. Towards a Convention on the Rights of Older Persons
Wednesday, May 17, 2023, 4 pm-6.00 pm

(room 106, School of Health Professions, TAU)
Prof. Michael Ashley Stein, Harvard Law School Project on Disability. 
Prof. Israel (Issi) Doron, Haifa University

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