4-1125 MEDICINE, LAW, AND POLICY: FRAMING DEBATES

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Friday, November 18, 2011: 16:00-17:45

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Students, Practicing and Applied Anthropologists

Organizers: Betty Wolder Levin (Brooklyn C and GC -- CUNY)

Chairs: Betty Wolder Levin (Brooklyn C and GC -- CUNY)

Discussants: Mary K Anglin (University of Kentucky)

16:00

Conflicting Responsibilities: Cross-Cultural Approaches to the Use of Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis

Cheryl Mwaria (Hofstra University)

16:15

At the Intersection of the Local and Global: Oklahoma Native Americans and Reproductive Health Care

Eva Friedlander PhD (Planning Alternatives for Change, LLC)

16:30

Gender Inequality and Reproductive Health: Tracing Mortality Reduction In India

Patricia Antoniello (Brooklyn College, CUNY)

16:45

Revising the Canon: Ongoing Debates Relating to Organ Donation

Nira Reiss (Brooklyn College) and Betty Wolder Levin (Brooklyn C and GC -- CUNY)

17:00

Public Health As Window On Identity Manipulations: An Italian Case

Maria-Luisa Achino-Loeb (New York University)

17:15

Questions and discussion

17:30

Discussant

Mary K Anglin (University of Kentucky)

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