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| Books, Bioethics, and Jodi Picoult, April 2006 |
| Women's Bioethics Project Book Club, April 2006 |
| Making a Difference, January 2006 |
| God's Bioethics?, November 2005 |
| Tribute to Our Founding Scholars, October 2005 |
| Katrina, 3 Updates, and an Invite, September 2005 |
| Follow-up on Women and Aging, August 2005 |
| Women and Aging, April 2005 |
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Please join the Women’s Bioethics Project and SAGE Crossroads
for a lively discussion as a panel of experts from law, medicine, and humanities
examine ethical considerations of women and aging. These experts will look at
the assumptions, experiences, practices, and public policies that affect women’s
well-being, self-respect, and dignity as we age.
Women have always played a particularly poignant role
in our society. As the nation’s population ages, new questions emerge
on gender specific implications of growing older. Consider the following:
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What
are the gender differences in status and power as people age?
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Women live longer than men — does the debate about rationing health care on the basis of age adequately
take this into account?
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Women are most often lifelong caregivers to children and elderly parents
— how does society and, specifically, public policy — help support
this selfless behavior?
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How are proxy end-of-life decisions made differently for women because,
as they most often outlive their spouses or do not remarry after divorce,
these decisions are made by children or distant relatives rather than
life partners? |
The first organization of its kind, the Women’s Bioethics
Project (WBP) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy think tank dedicated
to ensuring that women’s voices, health, and life experiences are brought
to bear on ethical issues in health care and biotechnology.
The Women's Bioethics Project will be focusing its work on three main issue
areas: neuroethics, women's health, and reproductive technologies.
Web Site: www.womensbioethics.org
Phone: (206) 200-1101
SAGE Crossroads is the premier online forum for emerging
issues of human aging. Launched in March 2003 by the Alliance for Aging Research
and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (publishers of
Science Magazine), SAGE Crossroads provides policymakers, journalists and
interested consumers with the opportunity to explore the impact of science
and technology on aging.
Women and Aging: Ethical Implications for 2005
and Beyond
Wednesday June 8th, 2005
6:30-7pm Registration
7-8:30pm Panel Discussion
Wine and dessert reception following discussion
Seattle Asian Art Museum, Volunteer Park
FREE. Seating is limited, RSVP required.
Nancy
Hooyman, PhD
Professor and Dean Emeritus, University of Washington School of Social
Work
Patricia
Kuszler, JD, MD, Associate Dean, UW School of Law
Helene Starks, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Department of Medical
History and Ethics, UW School of Medicine
Artee Young, JD, PhD, Professor, The Evergreen State College
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