The Doctor-Patient Relationship: Grounding a Personalist Medical Ethics
Thu, Sep 14
|Stumberg Hall
Are you a medical professional, or soon to be medical professional? Join us for a special talk from Dr. Aaron Kheriaty, an acclaimed author and speaker, where we attempt to answer the tough questions facing medical professionals today.
Time & Location
Sep 14, 2023, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Stumberg Hall, 3206 Fairfax Walk, Austin, TX 78705, USA
About The Event
Does medicine have an intrinsic moral orientation aimed at health and healing? Or is a physician merely a technician or “provider” of various high-tech goods and services? This talk will explore these foundational questions by examining the existential state of illness and its attendant vulnerability, the nature of the doctor-patient relationship, and the pledge to heal contained in the physician’s professed oath.
Dr. Kheriaty graduated from the University of Notre Dame in philosophy and pre-medical sciences, earned his MD degree from Georgetown University, and completed residency training in psychiatry at the University of California Irvine. For many years he was Professor of Psychiatry at UCI School of Medicine and Director of the Medical Ethics Program at UCI Health, where he chaired the ethics committee. He also chaired the ethics committee at the California Department of State Hospitals for several years. Dr. Kheriaty has authored books and articles for professional and lay audiences…
