Clinical Ethics: Workplace Violence in Healthcare: Just Part of the Job?

How can we balance our duty to care for patients and families with our duty to
protect others from violence?

In this presentation, an interdisciplinary panel will explore the nature and scope of
workplace violence in healthcare settings in the United States, as well as the
institutional duty of health systems to prevent, recognize, and respond to violence.
Please bring a phone or laptop computer for audience polling.

Sara Scarlet MD, General Surgery, UNC
Sarah Fotheringham JD, Associate General Counsel, UNC Health Care
Paul Ossman MD MPH, Internal Medicine, UNC
Elizabeth Dreesen MD, General and Acute Care Surgery, UNC

Sponsored by the UNC Center for Bioethics and the UNC Hospital Ethics Committee, Clinical Ethics Grand Rounds
offers an innovative and interactive forum for engaging with ethical, legal, and policy issues of particular salience to
patient care within the hospital. There are no commercial support or conflicts of interest to report.
1.0 CNE contact hours have been approved by UNC Health Care Nursing Practice and Professional Development, an approved
provider of continuing nursing education by the North Carolina Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

All are welcome
Lunch served