Meeting

Agenda: Workshop on Military Medical Ethics: Issues Regarding Dual Loyalties

When:

Where:

National Academy of Sciences Building • 2101 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20006 Map

Topic(s):

Biomedical and Health Research, Public Health, Veterans Health

Activity:

Workshop on Military Medical Ethics: Issues Regarding Dual Loyalties

Board(s):

Board on Health Sciences Policy

Monday, September 8, 2008
National Academy of Sciences

Agenda

Welcome and Opening Remarks

• James Childress, Chair; Harvey Fineberg, President of the Institute of Medicine; 
  Joseph Kelly,Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Clinical and Program Policy

Case Study 1: Return to Duty: Ethical Issues for Military Health Professionals

• Outline of the Case and Issues--Paul Appelbaum, Columbia University
• Military Policy and Data--Elspeth Ritchie, U.S. Army
• Parallels in Occupational Health--Myron Harrison, Exxon/Mobil
• Parallels in Sports Medicine--Kurt Spindler, Vanderbilt University
• Discussion

 Case Study 2: Treatment of Detainees: Role of Military Health Professionals

• Introduction and Outline of the Case—Richard Bonnie, University of Virginia
• Overview of the Issues--Hernan Reyes, International Committee of the Red Cross
• Military Policy--Jack Smith, Department of Defense
• Parallels in Correctional and Custodial Facilities--Scott Allen, Brown University
• Human Rights Issues--Leonard Rubenstein, Physicians for Human Rights
• Presentation Remarks
• Intercultural and Religious Issues--Mahmud Thamer, Johns Hopkins University
• Discussion

Ethics Training for Military Health Professionals

• Overview of the Issues and Presentation on Ethics Training at the Uniformed Services

University of the Health Sciences--Randy Howe, USUHS

• Ethics Training in the Field and Continuing Education--Kenneth Schor, USUHS
• Improving the Teaching of Ethics--Joshua Hauser, Northwestern University
• Discussion

Ethical Values—Organizational Structure and Culture

• Overview of the Issues--Linda Emanuel, Northwestern University
• Nurturing a Just Culture--David Ozar, Loyola University Chicago
• Leadership and Vertical Integration--Daniel Federman, Harvard University
• Learning and Accountability within Organizational Structures: Where Next?--Linda Emanuel
• Discussion

 Next Steps 

• Closing Remarks and Final Discussion--James Childress and Joseph Kelly