When Health Care Providers Say No:  The Conflicts Over Conscience 

September 17, 2008 4:00-6:00 p.m. Frey Moot Courtroom UST School of Law
 Sponsored by the Terrence J. Murphy Institute for Catholic Thought, Law, and Public Policy

A renowned Catholic Ethicist and two top legal scholars discussed the legal, ethical, and public policy issues that arise when pharmacists, doctors, or nurses refuse to provide legal medications or medical procedures on the ground that doing so would violate their personal conscience.  Speakers at this public forum were:

     - Dr. Janet E. Smith, Chair of Life Ethics and Professor of Moral Theology at Sacred Heart Major Seminary, Detroit and fall 2008 scholar in residence at The St. Paul Seminary School of Divinity at UST;

     -  Martha S. Swartz, a noted scholar on the subject and attorney practicing in the field of health care law in Philadelphia; and

     -  Robert K. Vischer, also a noted scholar on the subject and Associate Professor of Law at the University of St. Thomas School of Law.

Teresa S. Collett, Institute fellow and Professor of Law at the University of St. Thomas School of Law, moderated the forum.  MN continuing legal education credit (2 standard credits) is available to all who attended the program.