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HALL CENTER FOR LAW AND HEALTH
Law School Hosts
Discussion of Ebola, Law, and Public Health
The Hall Center for Law and Health, the IU Center for Bioethics, the
IU School of Nursing, and the IU Fairbanks School of Public Health
sponsored a public talk titled “Ebola: Over There… Now Over Here
—An Urgent Conversation About Ethics, Law, Public Health, and
Practice.” The event was held in the Wynne Courtroom at Inlow
Hall on October 24.
The initial outbreak of the Ebola virus in West Africa presented
many ethical, legal, logistical and clinical challenges for first responders,
clinicians, politicians and researchers. These challenges
were magnified when the virus crossed the Atlantic and changed the
public conversation from a worrisome public health challenge “over
there,” to one that needed to be addressed in the United States.
Panelists were Eric M. Meslin, Ph.D. and director of the IU Center
for Bioethics and associate dean and professor of bioethics at the
IU School of Medicine; Chad Priest, J.D., MSN, RN and assistant
dean for operations and community partnerships at the IU School
of Nursing; Ross D. Silverman, J.D., MPH, and professor and acting
chair of the Department of Health Policy and Management at the
Indiana University Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health;
and Professor Nicolas P. Terry, Hall Render Professor of Law and
executive director of IU McKinney’s Hall Center for Law and Health.
Students from across campus as well as members of the public
packed the courtroom for the discussion. ❖
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(top) Students
and members of
the general public
filled the courtroom
for the discussion.
(above) (1) Panelists took turns presenting on the topics and responding to questions from the audience. Dr. Eric Meslin, center, responds to a
question from the audience. He was joined in the program by Professor Ross Silverman, left, and Professor Chad Priest, right. (2) Professor David
Orentlicher spoke on many of the bioethical issues surrounding Ebola. (3) Steven S. Ivy, IU Health Senior Vice President for Values and Ethics, asks
a question at the forum. (4) Debra L. Faucett, Manager of Infection Prevention and Control at Eskenazi Health, addressed the audience at the event.
(5) Joan Duwve, M.D., M.P.H., Chief Medical Consultant for the Indiana State Department of Health, engaged in the lively discussion of the topic. (6)
Professor Frank Sullivan, Jr., posed a question to the distinguished panel of experts.
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