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The Center for Bioethics envisions ethical and socially responsible healthcare, public health, and health policy. 

Fall Courses

BTHX 5325 Biomedical Ethics

BTHX 5325 | Biomedical Ethics

Jaime Konerman-Sease, PhD, HEC-C and Joel Wu, JD, MPH, MA, HEC-C | 3 Cr | Thurs. 1-3:30 pm | Online
 

 

 

BTHX 5520/8520 | Social Justice and Bioethics

BTHX 5520/8520 | Social Justice and Bioethics

Debra DeBuin, PhD and Jennifer Needle-Suarez, MD, MPH, HEC-C | 3 Cr | Tues. 1-3:30 pm | Online

Events
Aug
18

Ethical Disobedience: Harm, Futility, and the Slow Code

  • Jason Adam Wasserman PhD, HEC-C
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Sep
18

The Gap Between Need and Care: What Operation Metro Surge Revealed about Healthcare Organizations

  • Munira Maalimisaq, APRN, FNP-BC
  • Jennifer Needle-Suarez, MD, MPH, HEC-C
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News
Amos Laar, MPH, MA, PhD, FGA.

FDA Launches Nutrition Profiling System to Tackle Malnutrition and Obesity in Ghana

Amos Laar, MPH, MA, PhD, FGA, is quoted in the article “FDA launches nutrition profiling system to tackle malnutrition and obesity in Ghana” in Joy Online.
Ian Wolfe, PhD, MA, RN, HEC-C.

A Proposed Ethics Framework for Conceptualization of the Perioperative-Neonatal Window in Open Fetal Surgery

Ian Wolfe, PhD, MA, RN, HEC-C, coauthored the article “A proposed ethics framework for conceptualization of the perioperative-neonatal window in open fetal surgery” in the Journal…
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Bioethics in Focus
Surgerons in operating room with transplant organ in case

Normothermic Regional Perfusion: An Introduction to a Controversial Way to Obtain Organs for Transplant

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