MEDICAL DECISION-MAKING
Reconciling Conflicts between Ethics, Personal Responsibility & The Law: Perspectives from an ethicist and attorney
Rebecca Lunstroth,
an Assistant Professor and the Associate Director of the McGovern Center for Humanities and Ethics Center at UT Health Science Center, directs a number of courses such as Clinical Ethics, Jurisprudence, and the Ethics of Biomedical Sciences.
Ms. Lunstroth is chair of one of UT’s IRB and is a member of the Memorial Hermann Ethics Committee. Her research interests span from reproductive health to the rightful place of personal responsibility in medicine. She received an MA in Medical Humanities from UTMB, a J.D. from South Texas College of Law, and a BA in economics from Indiana University.