Prof. Baker directs NYU ethics workshop

Robert Baker, professor of philosophy and director of the Center for Bioethics, directed a one-day session, "Ancient and Modern Conceptions of Death and Dying," this summer as part of the New York University Faculty Resource Network's Practical Ethics Workshop. The week-long workshop was designed to teach non-philosophers how to introduce ethical subjects into their courses. Last spring, Baker presented a paper, "E-Consultation: Ethics Consultation over the Internet," at a conference, "Clinical Ethics Consultation: First International Assessment Summit," in Cleveland. He also recently presented a paper, "British and American Conceptions of Medical Ethics, 1847-1947," as part of a conference in London on Anglo-American Medical Relations: Historical Insights. It was sponsored by the Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at University College London in honor of Sir Henry Wellcome's 150th birthday.