UNC Clinical Ethics Grand Rounds
Clinical Ethics Grand Rounds seminars offer an innovative and interactive forum for engaging with ethical, legal, and policy issues of particular salience to patient care within the hospital. Six seminars are presented each year.
Upcoming Clinical Ethics Grand Rounds
Past Clinical Ethics Grand Rounds
What We Talk About When We Talk About Surgery
Special Event with Department of Surgery
Annual Pediatric Visiting Scholar
Pediatric Ethics Consultation: A Look Behind the Curtain
What Does “Respect for Autonomy” Really Mean?
Speakers for this panel include: Rebecca Walker PhD, Social Medicine, Bioethics, Philosophy, UNC Jean Cadigan PhD, Social Medicine, Bioethics, UNC … Continued
Moral Distress Workshops
In March 2018, bioethicist Dr. Beth Epstein PhD RN, FAAN, will be visiting the Center for Bioethics to offer workshops … Continued
Workplace Violence in Healthcare: Just Part of the Job?
Speakers for this panel include: Sara Scarlet MD, General Surgery, UNC Sarah Fotheringham JD, Associate General Counsel, UNC Health Care … Continued
Clinical Pathways
When There's No One Right Answer
Our health care system’s shift from a fee-for-service to a value based repayment models has placed considerable emphasis on the … Continued
A ROMP in the PARC
Research On Medical Practices - Public Attitudes for Research Consent
Please join us for this presentation examining the intersections of clinical care and research. Dr. Wilfond will address ethical issues … Continued
Moral distress consultation
The UVA model
Moral distress has negative implications for healthcare providers and organizations in terms of burnout, intent to leave, and poorer perceived … Continued
Ways to Watch
Issues of Recording in Patient Care
Video and audio recording of moments in our lives has become commonplace with the widespread use of smartphones and other … Continued
Postponed
Disclosures of sensitive information: HIV as a case study
The February Clinical Ethics Grand Rounds has been postponed. Our 2017 Clinical Ethics Grand Rounds will begin in March.
What does religion have to do with medical ethics?
Clinicians’ religious characteristics may strongly shape practice, particularly with respect to morally controversial interventions. Religion-associated differences may then expose the … Continued
Ethical concerns for providers in their emergency care of behavioral health patients awaiting placement
Ethical concerns for providers in their emergency care of behavioral health patients awaiting placement
David Pepper, MD, Hartford Hospital, Psychosomatic Medicine, Assistant Professor, Psychiatry, University of Connecticut School of Medicine