Medical Ethics in the Shadow of the Holocaust

 

MEDICAL ETHICS 
IN THE SHADOW 
OF THE HOLOCAUST

THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY CENTRE FOR VALUES, ETHICS AND THE LAW IN MEDICINE 
& THE SYDNEY JEWISH MUSEUM
PRESENT
A seminar for medical and health practitioners, students and scholars.
A certificate of completion will be provided for CME points.
SUNDAY 15 November 2015
9:30am - 4:30pm
148 Darlinghurst Road, Darlinghurst NSW 2010
TOPICS:
Panel Discussion: The relationship between the profession and the State
Euthanasia in its contemporary context
Medical ethics - Nazi doctors and Jewish
doctors
Evolution of medical codes of ethics
Contemporary eugenics
Examination of the medical profession and genocide
Medical ethics and extreme adversity
Historical overview of medicine under Nazism

CONTRIBUTORS:
Professor Kerryn Phelps AM
Professor Sidney Bloch
Dr Bruce Boman
Professor Angus Dawson
Professor Garry Walter AM
Dr Ross Halpin
Associate Professor Robert Kaplan
Professor Konrad Kwiet
Dr Hans Pols
Associate Professor Michael Robertson
Professor Colin Tatz AO

ADMISSION FEE:
 $195 (light lunch included)

REGISTER AT http://tinyurl.com/sjmseminar or phone 02 9360 7999
For information contact Ilana McCorquodale at imccorquodale@sjm.com.au

STUDENT CONCESSION: Available on request. Contact imccorquodale@sjm.com.au
Join academics and physicians in examining the evolution of medical ethics and the relationship between the profession and the State. Does the moral low point in the history of medicine 
provide guidance for today’s quandaries in medical ethics? What is the place of euthanasia and eugenics in contemporary society?

EARLY BIRD SPECIAL: $175 (valid until September 30)

Program Schedule

9:30am 
REGISTRATION

9.45am WELCOME AND OPENING REMARKS

10.00am SESSION ONE
A Historical Survey of Medicine Under National Socialism - Dr Hans Pols
The Medical Profession and Genocide - Associate Professor Robert Kaplan
Parallel Lives: Medical Ethics - Nazi Doctors and Jewish Doctors - Dr Ross Halpin

11.00am SESSION TWO
Witnessing and Reflecting on Trauma - a Conversation with Holocaust Survivors

12:15pm 
SESSION THREE
Medical Machinery: Structures, Systems and Decision Making During
the Holocaust - Museum Education Team

1:15pm 
LUNCH

2:00pm 
SESSION FOUR
Euthanasia in the Contemporary Context - Dr Bruce Boman
Contemporary Eugenics - Associate Professor Michael Robertson
The Evolution of Medical Codes of Ethics - Professor Sidney Bloch

3:15pm 
REFRESHMENTS

3:30pm 
PANEL DISCUSSION - THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PROFESSION AND STATE
- Professor Garry Walter AM (Chair)
-Professor Kerryn Phelps AM
-Professor Colin Tatz AO
- Professor Sidney Bloch
- Professor Angus Dawson
- Professor Konrad Kwiet

4:30pm 
CLOSING REMARKS


Medical Ethics in the Shadow of the Holocaust
15 November 2015
148 Darlinghurst Road, Darlinghurst
http://tinyurl.com/sjmseminar