Tune in from the comfort of your home as Tom Evans, Ph.D., presents four engaging sessions on
considering ethical decisions that are involved in medicine, whether as patients, caregivers, or
citizens.
The Fe University course “Good Care: Ethics for Doctors, Patients, and the Rest of Us” will be held
via Zoom on Thursday afternoons, Jan. 8-29, 2026, from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.
Dr. Evans, who taught Ethics at North Carolina Central University for more than a decade, will
present mini-lectures, followed by guided discussions, on such topics as whether medicine is a special
case in ethics; issues of privacy and confidentiality; birth control, abortion, and end-of-life care; and
global health, bioethics, transports, and triage.
As a child, Tom Evans spent his summers with his grandparents in Michigan’s UP. He attended
Cass Tech High School in Detroit. He has degrees from the University of Michigan and the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He retired as an associate professor in the
Department of Language and Literature at North Carolina Central University in Durham. In his
career he has taught courses in English, ethics, mass communication and philosophy. He has also
taught a previous Fe University course, “Ethics: The Examined Life.
Tune in from the comfort of your home as Tom Evans, Ph.D., presents four engaging sessions on
considering ethical decisions that are involved in medicine, whether as patients, caregivers, or
citizens.
Registration is just $45 ($40 if you register by Dec. 25). Learn more and sign up at FeUniversity.org.
