The Conversation Speaker Series: Public Policy or Police State? The appropriate reach of government in health interventions

We’ll explore the role of the government in health promotion. What is the role of the government in encouraging healthy behaviors? Does the government have a different responsibility to respond to infectious diseases like Ebola, bird flu, or Zika than it does for chronic diseases like obesity, diabetes, or cancer? Should the government only get involved when diseases present a “harm to others”? If so, should financial harms, like impact on insurance premiums or on Medicare count? We’ll grapple with these questions about the role of government in keeping us healthy—and what role the public should have in shaping government policy for public health.

Five lunchtime sessions featuring a Baylor faculty member presenting a relevant medical ethics dilemma. You won't want to miss out! For more information and to register, please visit: www.bcm.edu/ethics/speakerseries