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Resident Bioethics Interest Group Special Journal Club Session

April 20, 2022

Please join us as we discuss “The Doctor’s Oldest Tool” (Elvin H. Gang, MD, MPH) and consider the “chain of trust” that prompts the author to write: “…Instead of arguing about the veracity of science, perhaps I could simply bear witness, as one human to another.”   Zoom Link Meeting ID: 953 7426 2914 Passcode: … Read more

Ethics in the Healthcare Professions

April 1, 2022

Members of the Hospital Ethics Committee and medical students from the Clinical Ethics Discussion Group, together with the Bioethics Society of UNC, invite you to a conversation focusing on ethical issues of interest to undergraduates considering careers in healthcare. Join us, bring your questions, and participate in a discussion regarding ethics cases such as: How … Read more

2nd Annual UNC Philosophy and Psychiatry Conference

March 30, 2022

The 2nd Annual UNC Philosophy and Psychiatry Conference is on the theme of “The Future of Human Nature: Transhumanism, Dehumanization and Virtual Worlds.” The conference is hosted by the Center for Bioethics, the Departments of Philosophy and Psychiatry, the UNC Philosophy and Psychiatry Research Group, and Carolina Seminars. The speakers for the virtual event are: … Read more

Survivor Guilt

March 11, 2022

Jordan MacKenzie, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Please contact Dan Moseley, daniel_moseley@med.unc.edu, for registration information We often feel survivor guilt when the very circumstances that harm others leave us unscathed. Although survivor guilt is both commonplace and intelligible, it raises a puzzle when placed against the backdrop of … Read more

Institutional Resources for Moral Distress: What works?

March 7, 2022

Please join us for engaging conversation! Pre-reading if able: Must we be courageous?   Click here to join   Speakers are members of the Moral Distress Consultation Collaborative: Laura Guidry-Grimes, PhD, HEC-C (UAMS) Ashley Hurst, JD, Mdiv, MA (UVA) Heather Fitzgerald, DBe, MS, RN, HEC-C (Stanford Children’s) Phyllis Whitehead, PhD, CNS/APRN, FNAP, FAAN (Carilion Clinic)

Towards a Better Understanding of Craving in Addiction: Philosophy, Science, Ethics

February 14, 2022

Hanna Pickard (BA Hons, BPhil, DPhil) is a Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Bioethics at  Johns Hopkins University, cross-appointed to the William H. Miller III Department of Philosophy and the Berman Institute of Bioethics, and with a secondary appointment to the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences. Prior to joining Hopkins, she held a Chair in Philosophy of Psychology at the University of Birmingham U.K. and was … Read more

So You Have to Write an Ethics Essay

February 9, 2022

SHS2 Students, So you have to write an ethics essay for SHS2? The Clinical Ethics Discussion Group (CEDG), in collaboration with the Hospital Ethics Committee (HEC) and Center for Bioethics, is hosting a workshop for all MS1s on how to craft an ethical argument. The workshop will involve case-based discussions on how to identify ethical … Read more

Responsibility without Blame: Working with “Unwise Choices” in Healthcare Contexts

February 9, 2022

Hanna Pickard (BA Hons, BPhil, DPhil) is a Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Bioethics at  Johns Hopkins University, cross-appointed to the William H. Miller III Department of Philosophy and the Berman Institute of Bioethics, and with a secondary appointment to the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences. Prior to joining Hopkins, she held a Chair in Philosophy of Psychology at the University of Birmingham U.K. and was … Read more