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For Immediate Release
(Savannah, GA, March 28, 2007) Armstrong Atlantic State University's (AASU) 2006- 2007 Robert I. Strozier Faculty Lecture Series will conclude with a "Rolling the Bones: Using Risk and Intent to Determine Body Boundaries," on Friday, April 13. The lecture will begin at 12:10 p.m., in University Hall 156 on the AASU campus, 11935 Abercorn Street.
The event is free and open to the public.
Medical advances are creating difficult choices over who has control of human transplantable organs and who determines when to "pull the plug" on a terminally ill patient.
Leigh Rich, assistant professor in the Department of Health Sciences, will discuss how new biology helps shape societal boundaries, stirs debate over what is and is not "us," and raises questions about the level of authority individuals have in a medical situation.
As the Terri Schiavo case demonstrated, there are no easy answers. The debate spills into the control over unused frozen embryos and who really owns genetic information that makes us unique individuals. Should it be left up to the courts to decide?
For more information, call 912.961.3173, or email duquefra@mail.armstrong.edu.
For Immediate Release
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AASU Lecture Debates Body Boundaries
(Savannah, GA, March 28, 2007) Armstrong Atlantic State University's (AASU) 2006- 2007 Robert I. Strozier Faculty Lecture Series will conclude with a "Rolling the Bones: Using Risk and Intent to Determine Body Boundaries," on Friday, April 13. The lecture will begin at 12:10 p.m., in University Hall 156 on the AASU campus, 11935 Abercorn Street.
The event is free and open to the public.
Medical advances are creating difficult choices over who has control of human transplantable organs and who determines when to "pull the plug" on a terminally ill patient.
Leigh Rich, assistant professor in the Department of Health Sciences, will discuss how new biology helps shape societal boundaries, stirs debate over what is and is not "us," and raises questions about the level of authority individuals have in a medical situation.
As the Terri Schiavo case demonstrated, there are no easy answers. The debate spills into the control over unused frozen embryos and who really owns genetic information that makes us unique individuals. Should it be left up to the courts to decide?
For more information, call 912.961.3173, or email duquefra@mail.armstrong.edu.