September Williams MD-Author of Chasing Mercury and the Elephant in the Room Bioethical Concerns in Human Milk Banking Speaks at Cathy Rath's Women's Health Class.

Monday, October 21⋅11:00am – 1:00pm

San Francisco State University 1600 Holloway Ave SF, 94132 Campus: San Francisco State University 1600 Holloway Ave SF, 94132 Classroom: BUS Room 130 [Business Building]

Description: Session for SF State University Students registered for the noted Women’s Health Course.

Using her book , The Elephant in the Room: Bioethical Concerns in Human Milk Banking, September Williams MD-Author and Bioethicist will guide the class through the process of bioethical analysis and the power of Narrative Bioethics. She will apply these to the crisis associated with inadequate access to human breast milk— by focusing on inadequate time, place and space for breastfeeding which foster a vicious cycle of heath disparities.

Not for profit human milk banks’ struggles to supply donor milk to meet the hospital and community feeding demands will be illuminated. The film in development and the limited series Chocolate Milk by Director-Producer Elizabeth Bayne (http://www.chocolatemilkdoc.com/film) will also be introduced to the class, along with exposing students to the work of the CaliforniaBreast Feeding Coalition (http://californiabreastfeeding.org). For more information see www.septemberwilliams.com