On Thursday, February 27, Dr. Robert Klitzman, Director of the M.S. in Bioethics program at the Columbia University School of Professional Studies, will join Emmy Award-winning writer Randy Cohen on Cohen’s public radio podcast Person Place Thing. Person Place Thing is an … Read More

Hospital policies have a fundamental role in the care of patients, yet significant variability exists across hospitals in core patient-facing policies. In this Clinical Ethics Conversation, we will learn from clinical ethics leaders about variations in policy across their institutions … Read More

Speaker: Sherine Hamdy, PhD, University of California, Irvine Dr. Hamdy is a Professor of Anthropology at the University of California Irvine, where she joined the faculty in 2017. Prior to that she was a tenured faculty member at Brown University … Read More

Artificial intelligence is poised for impact on every aspect of healthcare, healthcare systems, and clinical practice. As use cases emerge, careful analysis of ethical concerns and new legal and regulatory tools are needed. This conversation among experts will explore the … Read More

The ethical imperative to protect the health of migrants in the United States is grounded in multiple frameworks, including human rights, public health ethics, and justice-based theories. This Ethics Grand Rounds will focus on a membership-based account, which argues that … Read More

A Conversation About Deciding for Others In memory of our co-founder Albert Jonsen, Ph.D., Sutter's Program in Medicine and Human Values launched Roots of Bioethics, a speaker series highlighting early pioneers in the field. For our third session, please join … Read More

You are warmly invited to attend the upcoming Ethics Grand Rounds, hosted by the Clinical Ethics Education Council at the CU Center for Bioethics and Humanities. This live virtual event will feature a compelling discussion led by Heather Straub, MD, Associate Professor of … Read More

Fifty years ago, in 1974, the American Psychiatric Association, following controversial debates, held an unprecedented vote to decide that homosexuality should no longer be listed as a “disease” in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual. Yet controversies have continued over how medicine … Read More

Fifty years ago, in 1974, the American Psychiatric Association, following controversial debates, held an unprecedented vote to decide that homosexuality should no longer be listed as a “disease” in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual. Yet controversies have continued over how medicine … Read More

Fifty years ago, in 1974, the American Psychiatric Association, following controversial debates, held an unprecedented vote to decide that homosexuality should no longer be listed as a “disease” in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual. Yet controversies have continued over how medicine … Read More

Professionalism is the basis of medicine's contract with society. However, increasingly, genuine medical professionalism seems to have come under threat as market and bureaucratic forces shape the practice and delivery of medicine. How has the health care organization contributed to … Read More

Join us on 03/14/25 at 12pm ET for the next ELSI Friday Forum: Enhancing Genetic Screening Access through Community Partnerships in the Cleveland African American Prostate Cancer Project, with our speakers: Sydney N. Evans, MSW, C-CHW Erika S. Trapl, PhD … Read More