To mark World Medical Ethics Day on Tuesday, Sept. 18, Mark T. Hughes of the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics will give a talk on the complex issues facing today's medical ethicists and on the work of the institute. The event will be held at 5 p.m. at Homewood's MSE Library on M-Level, adjacent to the Medical Ethics: Caring for the World display.

A clinician-educator, Hughes is an associate professor at the School of Medicine and teaches medicine and ethics to students, residents, fellows and faculty. He also serves on the Johns Hopkins Hospital Ethics Service and is chair of the subcommittee on ethics consultation standards.

Hughes' research interests include advanced-care planning, end-of-life decision-making, professionalism and research ethics. He codeveloped a course on research ethics for postgraduate fellows in the Department of Medicine and is currently director of the mandatory Course on Research Ethics for SoM faculty and fellows conducting human subjects research.

The event and the library display are co-sponsored by the Berman Institute and the MSEL. The display runs through Oct. 15.

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