WAUKESHA—The University of Wisconsin-Waukesha Alpha Chi Rho chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, the national honor society for two-year colleges, is offering a five-part satellite series on Dimensions & Directions of Health: Choices in the Maze. Downloads of the national series will be on Tuesdays, September 30, October 14, October 28, November 4, and November 18. A faculty member will introduce the program at 6:00 p.m., and the interactive satellite downlink runs from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Commons Room 101 on campus at 1500 N. University Dr., Waukesha. Admission is free, and all who are interested are welcome.
In the first segment, Dr. Arnold Relman spoke on “America’s Health Care System: How Good Is It and How Is It Changing?” Dr. Relman is the editor-in-chief emeritus of the New England Journal of Medicine and professor emeritus of medicine and social medicine at Harvard Medical School. During his 30-year research career, he published numerous original papers and edited two volumes of Controversy in Internal Medicine. He also has written widely on the economic, ethical, legal, and social aspects of health care.
On October 14, Dr. Vicki Lachman will address “The Ethical Frontiers of Biomedicine.” The founder and currently the director of V.L. Associates, which provides consultation, training, and coaching services to nursing officers and health care organizations, Lachman received her educational background in psychiatric nursing, bioethics, and organizational development. She has published hundreds of articles, and her forthcoming book, Conversations on Ethics in Nursing, is scheduled for release in 2004.
Clinical ethicist Dr. Diann Uustal will present “Keeping Our Promises: Improving Care at the End of Life” on October 28. Founder and president of an educational consulting firm, Educational Resources in Health Care, Inc., she is widely regarded for her insightful workshops on health care ethics, professional caregiver issues, and values education. She has published numerous articles, written four books, and co-edited two more. She also served as a major consultant for the award-winning Concept Media film series on ethics, values, and health care.
A professor of criminal justice and former dean at Northeastern University in Boston, Dr. James Alan Fox will speak on “The Young and the Ruthless: Youth violence and Public Health” on November 4. An expert on issues surrounding homicide, he is regularly interviewed on television and radio talk shows. Currently he is a visiting fellow with the US Bureau of Justice Statistics, specializing in the measurement of homicide trends.
The series will wrap up with a debate about the legalization of marijuana between High Times magazine editor Steven Hager and 25-year veteran narcotics agent Robert Stutman, titled “Heads vs. Feds: The Great Debate,” on November 18. Hager works to establish the counterculture as a legitimate minority group and recently has published Adventures in the Counterculture: From Hip Hop to High Times. A highly profiled drug-buster, Stutman is responsible for more than 15,000 arrests and has received numerous awards from law enforcement agencies throughout the country.
The series is co-sponsored by the UW-Waukesha University Convocations Committee.
The University of Wisconsin-Waukesha is the largest of the 13 freshman-sophomore University of Wisconsin Colleges campuses. For information about the school, contact Student Services at (262) 521-5200 or check the Web site at waukesha.uwc.edu. |
