I am an active ethics educator and consultant for health care providers throughout Maine. I serve as Clinical Ethicist to Eastern Maine Medical Center, where I am a member of the Ethics Advisory Committee and the Ethics Case Consultation Team. I also assist attorneys in identifying ethical aspects of cases in health law and medical malpractice. I am a member of the board of the Maine Bioethics Network.
The following are presentations I have prepared for diverse audiences over the past several years, including health care settings such as Eastern Maine Medical Center, Acadia Hospital, Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center, Maine Medical Center, Neurology Associates of Eastern Maine, and Brewer Neuro Rehab; UMaine departments such as the Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Molecular Biology; and events, for example, the Women in the Curriculum Luncheon Series at UMaine, the annual Rural Geriatric Conference in Bar Harbor, and conferences sponsored by the Maine Center for Public Health in Portland. Other venues include Congregation Beth El, the Phillips-Strickland House and Bangor High School.
"Futility, Trust, and Social Justice"
"When an Adolescent Jehovah's WItness Declines Transfusion Services"
"The Global Outsourcing of Medical Care"
"Introduction to Jewish Medical Ethics"
"Clinical Ethics in the Mental Health Context"
"Patient Survival vs. Meaningful Recovery: Communicating With Family"
"Clinical Ethics in a Rural Setting"
"Free drug samples: ethical, legal, and medical issues"
"Some Ethical issues in the Assisted Living Setting"
"Alternative Medicine: the Health Care Provider's Responsibilities"
"Ethical Issues in Addiction Research and Treatment"
"Neuro-ethics: Current Issues"
"The New AMA Code of Ethics: the End of Therapeutic Privilege?"
"Responding Ethically to the Difficult Patient"
"The Ethics of Pandemic Preparedness"
“Informed Consent in Pediatric Care"
“The Composition, Roles and Functions of Hospital Ethics Committees"
“Genetic Enhancement: Medical, Legal, and Ethical Concerns.”
“Ethical Implications of the Human Genome Project”
“Concepts of Health for the Geriatric Patient”
“New Tools for Enhancing Ethical Reflection”
“Bioethics in the Classroom, at the Bedside”
“Patient Responsibilities and Physician Rights”
“Neurological Enhancement: Medical and Ethical Concerns”
“Voluntary Stopping of Nutrition and Hydration”
“Medical Ethics and End of Life Care: Interpreting Pope John Paul II’s recent remarks on life-sustaining treatment and the vegetative state”
“Should Primary Care Physicians Seek Advance Directive for Healthy Patients?”
“Germline Gene Therapy: Society vs. the Individual”
“Partial DNR Orders”
“The Ethics of Treating Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury.”
“Pharmacological Paralysis and Withdrawal of Mechanical Ventilation at the End of Life: Ethical and Legal Concerns.”
“When the Physician Questions Patient Drug Abuse or Diversion: Legal and Ethical Concerns.”
“Health Care: Is it a Right or a Privilege?”
“Are We Medical Care Providers or Are We Forensic Investigators?”
“DNR Status and Aggressive Care”
“Nonheartbeating Organ Donation”
“The Ethics and Politics of Declaring Death in the U.S.”
“The Line Between Palliative Sedation and Euthanasia”
“The Ethics of Rationing Health Care: Is it Time for the Single Payer System?”
“Decision Making Capacity”
“Brain Death Criteria: Medical, Legal and Ethical Concerns.”
“Stem Cells: Research and Ethics.”
“The Impact of Islam upon Truth Telling in a Western Society.”
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