Film Screening & Moderated Discussion: The Bleeding Edge (3/18)
March 18, 2019
7:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Forum Hall, Palmer Commons
Sponsored by: Center for Bioethics and Social Sciences in Medicine
Contact Information: Kerry Ryan kryanz@umich.edu
In THE BLEEDING EDGE, Academy Award nominated filmmakers Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering (THE INVISIBLE WAR, THE HUNTING GROUND) turn their sights on the $400 billion medical device industry, examining lax regulations, corporate cover-ups, and profit driven incentives that put patients at risk daily. Weaving emotionally powerful stories of people whose lives have been irrevocably harmed, the film asks: what life-saving technologies may actually be killing us? The film screening will be followed by a panel discussion. Moderator: Raymond De Vries, PhD Panelists: Barry Belmont, Biomedical Engineering Jeanne Wright, MICHR Laura Cabrera, Center for Ethics & Humanities in the Lifes Sciences, MSU Free Admission. Refreshments will be provided.