Last Updated: Friday, March 28, 2008 11:15 AM CDT
Medical ethics presentation set for April 24
Nicolet Area Technical College and Ministry Health Care are co-sponsoring a free Medical Ethics presentation on Thursday, April 24 from 6:30-7:30 p.m. at Saint Mary’s Hospital in the lower level conference rooms 1 & 2. Lisa H. Newton, PhD from Fairfield University will be the presenter. Saint Mary’s Hospital is located at 2251 North Shore Drive in Rhinelander.
Dr. Newton is a Professor of Philosophy in Applied Ethics, and Director of the Program in Environmental studies at Fairfield University in Fairfield, Connecticut, and Associate in Medicine at Yale Medical School. A graduate of Columbia University, she has authored or co-authored several textbooks in the fields of Ethics and Environmental Studies. Newton has authored over 80 articles in Applied Ethics fields in which she teaches: politics, law, medicine and nursing, business, communications, engineering, and the natural environment. She was the writer and ethics consultant for Media and Society’s 1990 series, Ethics in America, the videos for which are still occasionally aired on public television, and which is gearing up for a second series. She is on the editorial board of several scholarly journals in her field, including Business Ethics Quarterly, Teaching Ethics, The Journal of Value Inquiry, and Organizational Ethics.
Through the consulting function of the Program in applied Ethics, Dr. Newton coordinates consulting services for regional health care providers. She has started several ethics committees at hospitals and nursing homes, and continues to provide educational, policy review, and case consulting services for hospitals, nursing homes, and home health care services.
Dr. Newton’s presentation will allow for question and answer time. Registration for this presentation is not necessary. For more information, please contact Karen Isebrands Brown, Dean Nicolet College-Leadership Sustainability Initiative at 715-365-4482 or Rene Iannarelli, SHSMH Acute Care Unit Director at 715-361-2366.
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