Medical Ethics, Tuskegee to Auschwitz April 13, 2009

Miami Dade College’s Homestead Campus and the School of Nursing will present Medical Ethics: From Tuskegee to Auschwitz, on Monday, April 13, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. in Room F-222 at MDC Homestead Campus, 500 College Terrace, Homestead, Fla.

The program will feature Holocaust survivor Mr. Isaac Klein, who, along with his twin brother, was subjected to Dr. Josef Mengele’s experimentation on twins at Auschwitz during World War II. Also scheduled are Dr. Jeffrey Demsky, professor of history at the North Campus, who will speak about Dr. Mengele as well as medical experimentation with unwitting participants that took place in the U.S. (Tuskegee, Ala.) between 1932 and 1972; and Dr. A.J. Kreider, professor of philosophy at Homestead Campus, who will discuss the ethics, or lack thereof, of such experimentation.