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Join a discussion on health care ethics and substance use

Substance Abuse Discussion

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?