What Authority? Whose Interests? The Challenges of Decision Making for Impaired Newborns co-hosted with the Department of Pediatrics   CEGR_Flier_May2019

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 the ethical sniff test? Is … Continued

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Special Event with Department of Surgery

Pediatric Ethics Consultation:  A Look Behind the Curtain

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

In March 2018, bioethicist Dr. Beth Epstein PhD RN, FAAN, will be visiting the Center for Bioethics to offer workshops on moral distress in health care. This event will be the first in a series around this subject. There will be three interactive and engaging workshops, open to all health care professionals practicing at UNC. … Continued

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