Dr. Allison Lastinger and Dan Miller will lead an open discussion on the complexities of informed consent in the context of substance use from 4-5:30 p.m. today (Aug. 29) in Brooks Hall, Room 125.
Find out if it is ethically permissible for a surgeon to refuse life-saving surgery on an injection drug user without consent to follow-up medical treatment. And, if the patient does consent, is their consent truly voluntary?