Medicine
Sheila McLean (2010-2011)
Nov 30, 2010
“Autonomy and Consent: Sisters or Strangers Under the Skin?” Sheila McLean is Professor Emerita of Law and Ethics in Medicine in the School of Law at the University of Glasgow. After completing her PhD there in 1987, she was appointed the first International Bar Association [...]
Michael Kirby (2010-2011)
Oct 30, 2010
“HIV/AIDS: The Epidemic Where Law Has a Positive Role to Play but Often Doesn’t” Michael Kirby is an academic and jurist who is a former High Court Justice of Australia. He attended the University of Sydney, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1959, of Laws in 1961, and [...]
Lewis Wolpert (2007-2008)
Jan 30, 2008
“What Determines Our Beliefs?” Lewis Wolpert is Emeritus Professor of Biology as Applied to Medicine in the Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology at University College London. He is a developmental biologist and a well-known advocate for public scientific [...]
David Kuhl (2007-2008)
Jan 10, 2008
“What Dying People Want” David Kuhl is Associate Professor in the Department of Family Practice and the Centre for Practitioner Renewal at the University of British Columbia. He began his career in palliative care almost two decades ago, providing medical care for people [...]
Mary O’Brien (1984-1985)
Feb 12, 1985
“Ethics and Ideology in Health Care: A Feminist Perspective” Mary O’Brien was a professor of the sociology of education at OISE in Toronto. After emigrating to Canada from Scotland in 1956, she worked as a nurse before completing graduate work in political philosophy. Her [...]
Richard Selzer (1984-1985)
Feb 11, 1985
“The Exact Location of the Soul” Richard Selzer was a surgeon-turned-writer. He was a professor of surgery at Yale University, an award-winning essayist, and the author of four books including Mortal Lessons, a book of essays on the art of surgery. In 1960, following a [...]
Henry Morgentaler (1984-1985)
Feb 05, 1985
“Medical, Moral, and Legal Aspects of Abortion” Henry Morgentaler was a Polish-Canadian doctor and activist. Born in 1923, his family were killed by the Nazis during the German occupation of Poland in the Second World War. Morgentaler himself spent a year in the Auschwitz [...]
Benjamin Spock (1979-1980)
Nov 20, 1979
“Today’s Children” Benjamin Spock was an American pediatrician and influential child care expert. His book, The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care (1946) is one of the best-selling books in history. By 1998, it had sold more than 50 million copies, and had been [...]