Neuroethics Seminar: Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Brain Death
Channel: HMS Center for Bioethics
Date: 2016-04-21

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Even in the US, some controversy persists over the conceptual defensibility of brain death. Around the world, the philosophical defensibility of brain death is even more debatable. Dr. Qing Yang will present data regarding the adoption of brain death in China. She will discuss cultural differences between Chinese and US medical professionals and patients that inform policy and law when it comes to brain death. Dr. Bob Truog, a prominent brain death critic, will reply.


Panel:

Qing Yang, MD, PhD
Department of Anesthesia, Massachusetts
General Hospital

Robert D. Truog, MD
Director, Center for Bioethics and Professor of Medical Ethics, Anaesthesiology & Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School
Senior Associate in Critical Care Medicine at Children’s Hospital Boston


Registration
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About the Series
The Neuroethics Seminar Series is designed to explore a diverse range of subjects at the intersection of neuroscience and ethics. In a typical seminar, three expert discussants will come together to explore a topic. In the 90-minute seminar, at least 30 minutes are reserved for discussion and audience participation.

Learn more about the series and watch previous lectures:
bioethics.hms.harvard.edu/neuroethics-seminar-series
Co-sponsors
The International Neuroethics Society
The Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics, HLS
Center for Law, Brain, and Behavior, MGH
Institute for the Neurosciences, BWH
Center for Brain Science, Harvard University
Department of Neurobiology, HMS

With funding from
Mind Brain Behavior Interfaculty Initiative, Harvard University
The Harvard Brain Initiative Collaborative Seed Grant Program
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