S&S Dinner Dialogues, with Dr. Sharron Docherty - Defining Quality of Life: Whose Life is it, Anyway?
Event Details
As medical advances have increased survival for those with previously fatal conditions, our focus has shifted from quantity to quality of life. While an objective definition of quality of life has remained elusive, some shared sense of clarity around its meaning is necessary for those who must take account when making or assisting with difficult medical decisions.
Readings:
- “Pepperoni Pizza and Sex” – ScienceDirect
- ‘Is it better not to know certain things?’: views of women who have undergone non-invasive prenatal testing on its possible future applications – Journal of Medical Ethics
Sharron Docherty is Associate Professor in the Duke University School of Nursing.
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Where to meet:
Selected attendees will be notified via email several days in advance of the dinner with details regarding meeting location. All dinners will be within reasonable driving distance to Duke campus.
Science & Society will also provide a shuttle for those unable to arrange transportation to the dinner dialogue location. Shuttles will depart 30 minutes before the scheduled event from the front entrance of the North Building on West Campus. Click here for a map.