October 22, 2004: Volume 62, Number 7

Dutch ethicist to address euthanasia

Dr. Gerrit Kimsma, general practitioner and professor in medical ethics at the Free University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, will speak on "Euthanasia and End-of-Life Care in the Netherlands" on Monday, Oct. 25, at 4:45 p.m. in Humanities 019 at Union College.

The talk, sponsored by the Center for Bioethics and the Philosophy Department at Union, is free and open to the public.

Kimsma, a Dutch physician who supports euthanasia, is co-founder and president of the Dutch society of Philosophy and Medicine, and co-founding member of the European Society of Philosophy of Medicine and Health Care.

Chalmers Clark,visiting scholar at Yale University and visiting professor at Union, will provide commentary.

For more information, call 388-8045.

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