Grand Rounds

Grand Rounds are presented weekly on Thursdays at 8 a.m. at Seattle Children’s Hospital’s main campus in the Wright Auditorium (use the Giraffe entrance). Each year the Center for Pediatric Bioethics sponsors three to four presentations that focus on ethical issues in medicine.

Visiting physicians may use Giraffe parking (PDF 149KB) .

Upcoming Grand Rounds

Invited Speaker: Bonnie Steinbock; Do physicians have obligations to report children's infectious risk to schools?

August 14, 2008

Case Presenter:
Ron Gibson MD, PhD
Professor, Dept. of Pediatrics University of Washington School of Medicine; and Co-Principal Investigator of the Cystic Fibrosis Therapeutic Developmental Center, Seattle Children’s Hospital

Commentator:
Bonnie Steinbock, PhD
Professor of Philosophy, University at Albany, SUNY

Invited Speaker: Norm Fost; Topic TBA

October 2, 2008

Past Grand Rounds

February 14, 2008

When Should Adolescents be Permitted to Refuse Live-saving Treatments?

December 20, 2007

Two Cheers for a Two-Tiered Health Care System

October 4, 2007

Parental Discretion to Withdraw a Ventilator from a Child with Congenital Central Hypoventilation

June 7, 2007

Discharging a Child When Their Local Medical Care is Not Adequate: Should There be a Double Standard for the Developing World?

March 1, 2007

Attenuating Growth in Children With Profound Developmental Disability

September 28, 2006

Surgically Shaping Children: Ethical Dilemmas