By Nicole Milano on November 19, 2020 - 6:50am
Should Clinical Medicine be Regulated like Research?
Join Dr. Tom L. Beauchamp in his exploration of the history of research regulations and its impact on clinical medicine today in a presentation entitled “Should Clinical Medicine be Regulated like Research?” on December 3, 2020 at 5:00 PM. In 1978 Dr. Beauchamp co-wrote the Belmont Report, the U.S. government’s major statement of ethical principles for human research ethics, in his role as a member of the National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavior Research.
Dr. Beauchamp is a Professor of Philosophy (Emeritus) and Senior Researcher Scholar at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics (Retired) at Georgetown University. He earned a BD from the Yale Divinity School and PhD from The Johns Hopkins University in 1970. In 1975 Dr. Beauchamp joined the staff of the National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research. His research interests are in the ethics of human-subjects research, the place of universal principles and rights in biomedical ethics, methods of bioethics, philosopher David Hume and the history of modern philosophy, and business ethics. In 2004, Dr. Beauchamp was given the Lifetime Achievement Award of the American Society of Bioethics and Humanities, in recognition of outstanding contributions and significant publications in bioethics and the humanities.
The Heberden Society history of medicine lecture series is generously supported during the 2020-2021 season by David J. Wolf, MD. Co-sponsored with the Weill Cornell Division of Medical Ethics, this lecture is free and open to the public!
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