The Catholic University of America

A lecture by Prof. Lydia Dugdale (Columbia University)

Thursday, November 14

6:00 PM

Aquinas 102

This lecture is free and open to the public.

About the speaker:

Dr. Lydia Dugdale is the Silberberg Professor of Medicine and Director of the Center for Clinical Medical Ethics at Columbia University in New York City. As a medical doctor and ethicist, she cares for patients, consults on complex ethical issues in the hospital, and teaches medical trainees and undergraduate students. Her scholarly work focuses on physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia, the need to prepare well for death, and questions of moral injury and human flourishing. She is author of the book The Lost Art of Dying: Reviving Forgotten Wisdom (HarperOne, 2020) and is currently writing a book on hope.