b'Ethical Dilemmas and Modern Medicine:Questions Nobody Wants To Ask(archived lecture)By Professor Jacob Appel, Brown UniversityDecember 10, 2 p.m. (Ashcroft Movie Theater)The same medical technologies that brought us miracle drugs and unprecedented longevity are also forcing us to confront increasingly difficult ethical dilemmas. For instance, should taxpayers spend millions to prolong one patients life for one month? Can genes be patented? How should judges respond when doctors and family disagree on the very definition of death? How society ultimately resolves these and similar questions is not simply an abstract matter for debate. Rather, the outcome is likely to affect us all when we or our loved ones become ill. By examining recent cases in the field ofbioethics, Dr. Appel offers a framework for the future. Jacob Appel is an author, bioethicist, physician and lawyer. He has taught medical ethics at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, NYU, Columbia, andBrown Universitys Alpert Medical School.41'