PUBLIC LECTURES - UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
                               Sponsored by the
           DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES
                  CENTRE FOR HEALTH PROMOTION
                       FACULTY OF SOCIAL WORK
                         FACULTY OF NURSING
                 JOINT CENTRE FOR BIOETHICS
         SOUTH RIVERDALE COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE
DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND COMMUNITY MEDICINE

                     Guest Speaker David Seedhouse
    Research Unit for the Ethical and Legal Analysis of Health Care
                  University of Auckland, New Zealand

                   Monday, April 20th, 1:30 - 3:00 pm
         Ethics: The Heart of Health Care and Health Promotion
      Room 3154, Medical Science Building, 1 Kings College Circle
        Northwest corner of College Street and University Avenue

David Seedhouse is an internationally respected philosopher of health, author of
nine books, and editor of Health Care Analysis.  In his talk he will describe four
myths about ethics in health work, show that life is saturated with ethical content,
and argue that it is up to each of us to commit to a moral position.

David will set out four limited theories of health and then explain the Foundations
Theory of Health.  He will show how ethical thinking can be derived from the
Foundation Theory - and then introduce and explain the Ethical Grid - a
decision-making implement widely used in health care.

                    Monday April 20th, 7:30 - 9:00pm
          Evidence or Values? What Drives Health Promotion? An
               Introduction to the Foundations Theory of
                            Health Promotion
      Room 108, Koffler Institute for Pharmacy Management Building
              569 Spadina Avenue - North of College Street

In this lecture David Seedhouse will present four morally controversial health
promotion plans, including one in favour of tobacco smoking.  He uses these plans
to ask which comes first in health promotion: the evidence or health promoters'
values?  He will show that values drive health promotion and ask - which values
should be dominant?  Describing different forms of health promotion - and their
prejudices - David will explain the Foundations Theory of Health Promotion in
detail, with many practical illustrations.  The Foundations Theory shares some of
the values of the Ottawa Charter, but is more theoretically developed.

David is philosophically trained but has never been employed as an  official
philosopher'.  He prefers to work in health care settings - in nursing and health
studies departments and in three medical schools to date.  This combination of
skills and experience gives a unique perspective on current health care
controversies.

Author of: Health: The Foundations for Achievement; Ethics: The Heart of Health
Care (2nd edition 1998); Changing Ideas in Health Care (Edited with Alan Cribb);
Liberating Medicine; Practical Medical Ethics (with Lisetta Lovett); Fortress NHS: A
Philosophical Review of the National Health Service; Reforming Health Care: The
Philosophy and Practice of International Health Reform; Health Promotion:
Philosophy, Prejudice and Practice.

He is currently preparing a book on Keywords in Nursing: A Practical Introduction to
the Philosophy of Nursing, and Mental Health Promotion (working title)

For more information contact: Dennis Raphael, Department of Public Health
Sciences Tel: 978-7567, e-mail: [log in to unmask]