Educational and Research Resources
UNC Organizations
UNC Medical Center Hospital Ethics Committee
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UNC Student Interest Groups
Clinical Ethics Discussion Group
The Clinical Ethics Discussion Group (CEDG) is an organization of UNC medical students interested in learning more about medical ethics and how it influences our decisions regarding patient care.
Faculty advisors: Arlene Davis, Jean Cadigan
Bullitt History of Medicine Club
The Bullitt History of Medicine Club promotes the understanding and appreciation of the historical foundations upon which current medical knowledge and practice is constructed, by encouraging social and intellectual exchanges between faculty members, medical students, and members of the community. During the academic year the Bullitt Club holds monthly lectures at noon and also in the evening at the UNC Health Sciences Library. All meetings are free and open to the public.
Faculty advisor: Liz Dreesen
Library coordinator: Dawne Lucas
Moral Economies of Medicine Working Group
The Moral Economies of Medicine Working Group aims to provide an ongoing forum for graduate students and faculty from UNC and Duke to discuss existing research on Moral Economies of Health Care and Moral Economies of Expertise and Bioethics, receive feedback on their developing projects, and network with colleagues who share their interests.
Faculty advisor: Jocelyn Chua and Michele Rivkin-Fish
Parr Center Ethics Bowl
The Parr Center for Ethics is home and host to the North Carolina High School Ethics Bowl. As a qualifying regional event of the National High School Ethics Bowl, the NCHSEB makes use of the same format, rules, and regulations as the NHSEB. The NCHSEB’s winner will advance to NHSEB Nationals in April. For more information on the NCHSEB, or to get some help starting a team at your school, please contact NCHSEB/NHSEB Director, Alex Richardson, at ethicsbowl@unc.edu.
Regional Clinical Ethics
Clinical Ethics Network of North Carolina
Bioethics Professional Organizations
American Society for Bioethics and Humanities
International Association of Bioethics
European Society for Philosophy of Medicine and Healthcare
Bioethics Education Programs
Department of Bioethics
in the School of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University
Center for Bioethics, Health, and Society
at Wake Forest University
The Kennedy Institute of Ethics Intensive Bioethics Course
at Georgetown University
Program for Biomedical Ethics
at Yale School of Medicine
Centre Interdisciplinaire de Bioéthique pour l’Afrique Francophone (CIBAF)
de l’Université de Kinshasa
Bioethics Research Aids
Bioethics Research Library
at Georgetown University