UNI Speakers Bureau - Politics
Please call the Office of University Marketing and Public Relations at 319-273-2761 or email stacey.christensen@uni.edu, to request a speaker. Speakers do not charge fees, unless otherwise noted. Upon request, we will provide background information to introduce the speaker. When the topic or event warrants, the Office of University Marketing and Public Relations will send a news release to media serving your area.
ETHICAL AND LEGAL ISSUES IN CARING FOR PATIENTS FROM ANOTHER CULTURE
What obligations does a physician have when caring for a patient whose culture is fundamentally different than our own? What obligations do physicians have in providing medical translators? If dealing with a culture which believes that a patient should not be told when terminal, how can physicians negotiate this conflict? Presenter explores these issues using cases drawn from Bosnian immigrants.
INTERNATIONAL NORMS AND THE USE OF FORCE
The rules, laws and ethics of the use of force, broadly conceptual or specifically applied to cases such as Iraq.
MIDDLE EAST: CENTRAL ASIA.
NATIONAL MISSILE DEFENSE.
Explains the science behind the Bush Administration's National Missile Defense program. Shows the NMD faces serous and fundamental technical obstacles. Discussion of policy decision to abandon international treaties on NMD grounds.
POLITICAL DEBATES.
Debates and Democracy: Understanding the function of political debates.
POLITICS AND ECONOMICS IN HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS.
Despite spending nearly 50% more per capita than any other nation, the US health care system consistently ranks near the last among major industrialized nations in terms of nearly all global measures of access and effectiveness. Why? What can be done to both decrease costs and increase effectiveness? There are two versions of this talk. One focuses on the US & Canada, the other examines characteristics of multiple other health care systems.
POWER OF RECREATION AND RELAXATION.
Motivational speech on how to lose and maintain weight for a healthy, happy lifestyle.
SOUTH AFRICA WAR CRIMES.
THE DEATH PENALTY.
Murder-suicide.
US "WAR ON TERROR"
The politics and strategy of the "war on terror" broadly defined, or specific to cases such as Iraq, Afghanistan, or other.
US MIDDLE EAST POLICY
The politics and strategy of US policy in the Middle East broadly defined, or specific to cases such as Arab-Israeli Conflict, Iran, Iraq or other.
UNI LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.
General UNI outreach efforts and services to the state of Iowa.