Responding to the Many Faces of Suffering

March 17, 2021 (All day) to March 18, 2021 (All day)

Abstract: This conference will address both enduring issues in clinical ethics as well as the ways in which COVID-19 has challenged the caring landscape. The opening panel will frame what ethics offers in the midst of suffering; it will include the disability studies, palliative care, ethics, and theological ethics perspectives of  Rosemarie Garland-Thomson, PhD; Cory Labrecque, PhD; Tammie Quest, MD; and Nneka Sederstrom, PhD. The keynote speaker on the second day is Travis Rieder, PhD, author of In Pain: A Bioethicist's Personal Struggle with Opioids. Other sessions will explore in-depth patient narratives with multi-disciplinary team members.

The conference schedule is here.  

Sponsored by the Healthcare Ethics Consortium.

Location and Address

Online