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Learn about available courses at study abroad information session
The Office of Education Abroad will host an information session for all students to learn about the benefits of studying abroad and courses available for spring break study abroad. The session will take place in the Tomlinson Hall first floor conference room on Friday, Nov. 8, from 12:45 to 1:30…
Dutch practitioner to discuss citizen groups' euthanasia movement at Bioethics Day event
As a part of Bioethics Day, Gerrit Kimsma will give a talk on euthanasia and its associated movements. Kimsma is a Dutch general practitioner who has been deeply involved in the development and regulation of euthanasia in the Netherlands. Euthanasia traditionally has been performed by physicians…
Professor Atwood Gaines named editor of two medical anthropology book series
Atwood Gaines, professor of anthropology, bioethics, nursing and psychiatry, has been selected to edit two new medical anthropology book series from Springer. The first is a series titled Cultural Studies of Science and Medicine, and the second is titled Millennial Medical Anthropology. The latter…
Learn more about patients’ rights, electronic medical records during April 5 symposium
On April 5, the Odette Wurzburger Law-Medicine Fund Symposium will take place, titled "Balancing Privacy, Autonomy and Scientific Progress: Patients' Rights and the Use of Electronic Medical Records for Non-Treatment Purposes." A number of Case Western Reserve University faculty members, as well as…