UNC Clinical Ethics Grand Rounds

Annual Pediatric Visiting Scholar

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

Should pediatricians “fire” vaccine-hesitant parents?

Visiting Ethics Scholar, John Lantos, MD, Director of Pediatric Bioethics, Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City.

Rationing is not a four letter word

Death panels, policy and ethics

Philip Rosoff, MD, Director Clinical Ethics Program, Professor of Pediatrics and of Medicine, Duke University.