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From Karen Ann Quinlan to Jahi McMath and Beyond: A Half-Century of End-of-Life Care Debates

MacNider Hall, Room 321

Clinical Ethics Grand Rounds John C. Moskop, Ph.D. Wallace and Mona Wu Chair in Biomedical Ethics, Professor of Internal Medicine, and Chair of the WFBMC Clinical Ethics Committee This presentation will situate conflicts about end-of-life care within the broader context of the evolution of end-of-life care over the fifty-year history of American bioethics. The presentation … Read more

Race, health equity, and the opioid epidemic: a panel discussion

MacNider Hall, Room 321

In collaboration with CHER and with support from the Merrimon Lecture Fund, the Center for Bioethics will host Dr. Helena Hansen from NYU and a panel of respondents in a public workshop on ““Race, health equity, and the opioid epidemic: a panel discussion”. Panelists: Helena Hansen, MD, PhD Associate Professor Department of Psychiatry New York … Read more

Building a Learning Health Care Culture: Lessons from Pediatric Oncology

MacNider Hall, Room 321

Pediatric oncology is often held up as the model for learning healthcare systems to emulate. There is much truth—but also a few cautionary notes—in this view. This presentation will describe how pediatric oncology has created a learning healthcare culture, one on which other areas of pediatrics and medicine can build as they seek to improve … Read more

CHER Visiting Professor Health Equity Research: Seminar Series

MacNider Hall, Room 321

Using Community Engagement and Evidence-based Parenting Interventions to Prevent Teen Suicide and Depression in the Filipino Community: "If you build it, they will come." https://www.med.unc.edu/socialmed/wp-content/uploads/sites/462/2018/11/J-Javier-CHER-Health-Equity-Seminar-Nov-2018.pdf Joyce Javier, MD, MPH, MS, FAAP Assistant Professor, Clinical Pediatrics Children's Hospital Los Angeles Keck School of Medicine University of Southern California   Sponsored by the UNC Center for Health Equity Research & NC TraCS Community and Stakeholder … Read more

Clinical Ethics: What Does “Respect for Autonomy” Really Mean?

MacNider Hall, Room 321

A Panel Presentation Respect for patient autonomy is a key principle of health care ethics, but what does it require? In this panel presentation, we examine the ethical importance of respect for autonomy beyond simply abiding by the preferences of competent patients. We first address the conceptual nuances of autonomy that are critical for patient care. We … Read more

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

MacNider Hall, Room 321

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 … Read more