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"A QUESTION OF MERCY" A Discussion of End-of-Life Issues Monday Night, June 21, 1999 7:30 - 10:00, Lipsett Amphitheater, Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center (Building 10), National Institutes of Health Campus |
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This discussion – sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Science Education (OSE) in collaboration with the Olney Theatre Center for the Arts – will use as a starting point "A Question of Mercy:" This play, dealing with an AIDS patient's request to a physician for assistance in ending his life, is based on the journal of PEN/Faulkner-nominated physician and author Dr. Richard Seltzer. "A Question of Mercy" will be presented at the Olney Theatre from June 1 through July 4.
The discussion will feature the following panel: Ezekiel J.Emanuel, M.D., Ph.D., Chief of the Department of Clinical Bioethics, Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center, and also a breast oncologist Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., Director of NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and Chief of the Laboratory of Immunoregulation, NIAID Bruce A. Fuchs, Ph.D., Director of NIH's Office of Science Education Jim Petosa - Director of Olney Theatre’s production of "A Question of Mercy" Three members of the cast – the doctor/narrator, and the young man dying of AIDS and his primary caregiver – will lead off the discussion by recreating one or more key scenes from the production. The audience will be invited to participate in the discussion with the panel members helping to raise questions and highlight issues. The program, which is open to the public, will be followed by a brief informal reception. Advance registration for the workshop is requested, but onsite registration will be permitted on a space-available basis. Online registration is now available. For additional information, email Martin Blumsack (blumsack@nih.gov) in OSE. |
