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Avon Public Library Presents Medical Ethics Series
The Avon Public Library is pleased to present a Fall series of programs, "Medical Ethics: A Dialog" with Thomas Robey MD, PhD.
The series is designed to stimulate group discussion of contemporary medical ethics issues, and accompanied by a suggested reading list for each program. Dr. Robey is Emergency Physician and Ethics Committee Chair at Waterbury Hospital, and a popular presenter at the Avon Public Library. The lineup for the series includes:
Tuesday 9/29, 7:00 pm
Safety Net Medicine (Just Another Day at Work in the ER)
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Suggested Reading:
Fourteen Stories: Doctors, Patients, and Other Strangers by Jay Baruch
The Blood of Strangers by Frank Huyler
What’s Left Out? by Jay Baruch
Thursday, 10/22, 7:00 pm
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Death on Your Own Terms: Making Sense of End-of-Life Planning
Suggested Reading:
A Better Way of Dying: How to Make the Best Choices at the End of Life by Jeanne Fitzpatrick
Being Mortal by Atwul Gawande
How we die, Sherwin Nuland Dying Well by Ira Byock
Tuesday, 11/17, 7:00 pm
Who Gets What When: How Disasters Collide with Ethics and Medicine
Suggested Reading:
Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital by Sheri Fink
All programs are free and open to the public, no registration necessary. For more information call the Avon Public Library 860-673-9712 or view online at www.avonctlibrary.info. The Avon Public Library is located at at 281 Country Club Rd. Avon, CT.
