Today’s physicians in training are also increasingly challenged by the convoluted web of ethical concerns pervading modern medicine -- including issues related to informed consent, caring for vulnerable populations, and genetics -- as they work to cultivate their own set of principles around ethics and professionalism.

On Wednesday, November 9, Laura Roberts, M.D., chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine, will present the 16th Annual Raymond W. Waggoner Lecture on Ethics and Values in Medicine, sponsored by the Department of Psychiatry.