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Talk Series: Clinical Ethics Grand Rounds

Washing Your Hands of It: Ethical Implications of Infection Control Policy and Practice

January 25, 2019
At the intersection of clinical and public health ethics lies the important practices of infection control. Often taken for granted as both proper and necessary, infection control encompasses a variety of practices that invite closer scrutiny. Is isolation worth the burden it imposes on patients? Do our monitoring practices pass...

“Can we afford to avoid the cost discussion?”

October 12, 2018
Audio of lecture

What We Talk About When We Talk About Surgery

August 1, 2018
Special Event with Department of Surgery

Annual Pediatric Visiting Scholar

January 17, 2018
Pediatric Ethics Consultation:  A Look Behind the Curtain

What Does “Respect for Autonomy” Really Mean?

January 17, 2018
Speakers for this panel include: Rebecca Walker PhD, Social Medicine, Bioethics, Philosophy, UNC Jean Cadigan PhD, Social Medicine, Bioethics, UNC Gary Gala MD FACS, Psychiatry, UNC

Workplace Violence in Healthcare: Just Part of the Job?

January 17, 2018
Speakers for this panel include: Sara Scarlet MD, General Surgery, UNC Sarah Fotheringham JD, Associate General Counsel, UNC Health Care Paul Ossman MD MPH, Internal Medicine, UNC Elizabeth Dreesen MD, General and Acute Care Surgery, UNC

Ethical concerns for providers in their emergency care of behavioral health patients awaiting placement

September 14, 2016
David Pepper, MD, Hartford Hospital, Psychosomatic Medicine, Assistant Professor, Psychiatry, University of Connecticut School of Medicine

Should pediatricians “fire” vaccine-hesitant parents?

February 9, 2016
Visiting Ethics Scholar, John Lantos, MD, Director of Pediatric Bioethics, Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City.