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DESCRIPTION:You are invited to attend an in-person and virtual lecture pres
 ented by the Medical History Interest Group:\n\n \n\n"Medical Ethics on th
 e Battlefield: The Misunderstood Case of Penicillin in WWII"\nMonday\, Dec
 ember 2nd at 4pm\n\n \n\nThe in-person lecture will be held in the Evelyn 
 Fike Laupus Gallery\, fourth floor Laupus Library.\n\n\nYou may also atten
 d the event virtually at this link: https://ecu.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto
 /Pages/Viewer.aspx...\n\n \n\nThe lecture will be presented by Sheena M. E
 agan\, MPH PhD\, Associate Professor of Bioethics & Interdisciplinary Stud
 ies.\n\n \n\nPresentation Description: This research reexamines the case o
 f penicillin use during World War II\, often cited as a classic example of
  reverse triage in military medical ethics. Unlike traditional triage\, re
 verse triage prioritizes soldiers with less severe injuries for quick trea
 tment to return them to battle\, notably favoring those with sexually tran
 smitted infections over the critically injured. The authors argue that pen
 icillin allocation during WWII did not adhere to the reverse triage princi
 ple and this work challenges the simplistic narratives surrounding this ca
 se\, arguing that the case serves as an example of evolving medical practi
 ce\, resource allocation\, ethically sound research\, and ethical decision
 -making in the context of wartime.\n\n \n\nAbout the Speaker: Sheena M. Ea
 gan is an Associate Professor with the Department of Bioethics and Interdi
 sciplinary Studies\, as well as adjunct faculty with the Department of Pub
 lic Health in the Brody School of Medicine. Dr. Eagan serves as course dir
 ector for the second-year bioethics course\, faculty advisor to BSOM's Mil
 itary Medicine Interest Group\, and co-Director of ECU’s Veteran to Scho
 lar Boot Camp. Before coming to ECU\, she worked as a defense sub-contract
 or providing ethics education to military service-members and their famili
 es. Dr. Eagan also held a variety of visiting scholar positions for Yale U
 niversity\, the Brocher Foundation\, and the University of Belgrade. Dr. E
 agan holds a PhD in the medical humanities from the Institute for the Medi
 cal Humanities at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston as w
 ell as a Master of Public Health from the Uniformed Services University. H
 er doctoral studies focused on medical ethics and the history of medicine\
 , with a subspecialized focus on military medicine. Dr. Eagan is the creat
 or and president of the American Society of Bioethics and Humanities group
  for Military\, Humanitarian and Disaster Medicine and has worked closely 
 with the International Committee of Military Medicine.\n\n \n\nThis event 
 is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be provided.\n\n \n\nDir
 ections and Parking Information: https://hsl.ecu.edu/about/directions/\n\n
  \n\nIf you’d like to travel by bus from Main Campus\, take bus 302 from
  the Main Campus Student Center to the Allied Health Sciences Building. Cl
 ick here for the 302 bus schedule: https://transit.ecu.edu/.../campu.../30
 2-health-sciences/...\n\n \n\nThis presentation is part of the Ruth and Jo
 hn Moskop History of Medicine Lecture Series.\n\nIndividuals requesting ac
 commodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) should contact
  the ADA Coordinator at least 48 hours prior to the event at (252) 737-101
 8 (voice/TTY) / ada-coordinator@ecu.edu\n\n \n\nFor any questions about th
 e event\, please contact me at frazierm24@ecu.edu.
GEO:35.61153;-77.405458
LOCATION:Laupus Library\, Evelyn Fike Laupus Gallery\, 4th Floor
SUMMARY:Medical Ethics on the Battlefield: The Misunderstood Case of Penici
 llin in WWII
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 eld-the-misunderstood-case-of-penicillin-in-wwii-7691
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