The 23nd annual Medical Ethics Conference will take place on March 14-16, 2008. More information will follow. Please check back for updates.
Established by Notre Dame alumnus Dr. Philip Clarke, this conference enables discussion between practicing physicians and specialists in medical ethics about issues confronting the medical community. Since its inception nearly twenty years ago, this series of conferences has been organized by the Notre Dame Alumni Association, with its academic content managed by David Solomon and, since 1999, the Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture. The conferences bring together one hundred practicing physicians and workers in the field of health care from around the country to work with and learn from experts in medical ethics from the Notre Dame community and beyond. Physicians, theologians, and philosophers meet in small groups to discuss and analyze case studies submitted by conference participants that pose as ethical dilemmas in various areas of clinical practice.
Topics covered in past conferences include:
The generous support of Dr. Mark Lindenmeyer has made possible the compilation of the past seventeen years' worth of conference materials into electronic format. Past participants of the conferences are invited to click here to access the electronically archived materials. If you would like to be able to access these archives but do not know the password, please email us at ndethics@nd.edu.
