Medical Ethics Lectures with Wesley Smith
The Connecticut Council on Developmental Disabilities is pleased to present two free lectures on medical ethics by Wesley J. Smith on Friday, September 19, 2008. The lectures are free and open to the public but pre-registration is required.
The first lecture is from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Institute of Technology and Business Development/Central Connecticut State University, 185 Main Street, New Britain. Lunch and free parking will be provided. To register please send a send a fax to the CT Council at (860) 418-6003 or an e-mal to Ed.Preneta@ct.gov.
The second lecture is from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. in the Community Room of the Farmington Public Library, 6 Monteith Drive, Farmington. Mr. Smith will also sign copies of his books. To register please call the Farmington Public Library at (860) 673-6791.
Wesley J. Smith is an attorney for the International Task Force on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide and special consultant for the Center for Bioethics and Culture. Smith’s Culture of Death: The Assault on Medical
Ethics in America, a warning about the dangers of the modern bioethics movement, was named one of the top Ten Outstanding Books of the Year and Best Health Book of the Year for 2001 (Independent Publishers Book Awards).
Smith’s most recently published book is Consumer’s Guide to a Brave New World, in which he explores the morality, science, and business aspects of human cloning, stem cell research, and genetic engineering. He is also conducting research for a book about the animal liberation movement.
Smith’s writing and opinion columns on assisted suicide, bioethics, the morality of human cloning, the dangers of animal liberation, legal ethics, and public affairs have appeared nationally and internationally, including in Newsweek, New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Forbes, The Weekly Standard, National Review, The Age (Australia), Western Journal of Medicine, and the American Journal of Bioethics. He has also been published in regional publications throughout the nation.
Smith appears regularly on television and radio talk/interview programs, including having appeared on such national programs as ABC Nightline, Good Morning America, Larry King Live, CNN Crossfire, CNN World Report, the CBS Evening News, Coast to Coast, CSPAN-Book TV, Fox News, CNN Talk Back Live, the Tony Snow Show, and the O’Reilly Radio Factor. He has also appeared internationally on Voice of America, CNN International, and on programs originating in Great Britain (BBC), Australia (ABC), New Zealand, Germany, South Africa, Mexico, China, and Canada.
Smith is an international lecturer and public speaker, appearing frequently at political, university, medical, legal, disability rights, bioethics, religious, and community gatherings across the United States, Europe, Canada, South Africa, and Australia.
