From Eugenics to Ethics: Lessons for Today’s Medical Community
February 17th from noon to 1 p.m. via Zoom
Medicine has come a long way—but its past still shapes the present.
McGoogan Library presents a thought-provoking panel, exploring the troubling legacy of eugenics in medicine and its enduring impact on healthcare ethics. Matthew K. Wynia, MD, MPH and Patricia Heberer-Rice, PhD, MA, will discuss how misguided “science” once justified harm, and how those historical practices influenced the medical education, policy, and the ethical frameworks that guide contemporary care. Through critical reflection, the discussion will highlight lessons for today’s clinicians and researchers, emphasizing the importance of equity, autonomy, and justice in medical decision-making.
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Matthew K. Wynia, MD, MPH is a professor of medicine and of public health at the University of Colorado, where he directs the CU Center for Bioethics and Humanities.
Patricia Heberer-Rice, PhD, MA joined the United States Holocaust Memorial and Museum in 1994 and is now the Museum’s senior historian.
This presentation is provided in partnership with Sam and Frances Fried Holocaust and Genocide Academy at the University of Nebraska at Omaha and the Calvin T. Ryan Library at the University of Nebraska-Kearney, host of Americans and the Holocaust: A Traveling Exhibition for Libraries made possible by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and the American Library Association. The Leon S. McGoogan Library developed a companion exhibition highlighting these themes, A Poisoned Practice: The Holocaust, Medical Complicity, and the American Response, on display at McGoogan Library, Level 8, Witson Hall and online.
