Arthur Applbaum, M.P.P., Ph.D.
Professor of Ethics and Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
Director of Graduate Fellowships, Edmond J. Safra Foundation Center for Ethics
Seminar Topic
Cultural Diversity and Brain Death
The family of 19-year-old woman on a ventilator who has been declared dead on neurological criteria requests that she be treated with a traditional Chinese medicinal substance. Should the medical team agree to the request? Analyze an actual case discussed at Ethics Grand Rounds at the National Institutes of Health.
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