September returns to the University of Chicago annually to attend the  MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics Conference. It's a good review of  new  additions and research to old standard themes in Clinical Medical Ethics and Bioethics, typically  Health Disparity, Transplant, Surgical Ethics, End of Life Issues. Post Traumatic Stress  popped in recently, some work on narrative --  It is a great time to see colleagues and friends from around the country and world spanning 25 years in Bioethics. Bioethics is the driving force behind the novel Chasing Mercury looks at disproportional distribution of environmental illness  as a health disparity -- i.e. mercury poisoning, ( Lead in book II of the series.)  Septembers first talk about Narrative, Film and Bioethics at this conference was in 1993, the last in 2013

The MacLean Conference is annual, close to the Veteran's day weekend., open could be difficult to follow if yo do not have a clinical or research background. 

MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics Annual Fellows Conference 2013 Talking about  Prime Time TV and Transplant.