On March 6, Nancy Berlinger, PhD, Research Scholar at the Hastings Center, spoke at the 88th Annual Alumni Postgraduate Convention as the 2020 Jack W. Provonsha Lecturer. Her presentation, entitled “After harm: truth-telling, apology, repair, and forgiveness in healthcare,” explored medical error, harm, and forgiveness from the perspective of healthcare ethics, theology, and personal narrative. The lecture reflected her previous work in medical error and forgiveness, most notably seen in her 2007 book, “After Harm: Medical Error and the Ethics of Forgiveness.” The lecture was followed by a panel response from Christopher Church, MD, Christian Johnston, JD, and Grace Oei, MD, MA, local leaders in medical truth telling, medical law, and clinical ethics, respectively.
