The determination of a person’s death is an important process involving both medical and societal considerations. Controversy and confusion regarding the determination of death by neurologic criteria persist at the bedside, in the community, and within broader policy discussions. This … Read More

Please join us for this online event on February 25,2025 Speaker: David T. Ozar, Ph.D.  David T. Ozar, an Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at Loyola University Chicago, has made significant contribution to dental ethics through his teaching, founding of the … Read More

Objective Care for the dying and their loved ones is a most rewarding but also challenging endeavor. Such care can evoke complex moral questions that often defy standard methods of ethical analysis. In this seminar, we enter into dialogue with … Read More

This symposium will address concerns posed by the American Academy of Neurology’s issuance of updated 2023 Guidelines after an unsuccessful effort to revise the Uniform Determination of Death Act (UDDA). Participants will a unique opportunity to learn about, discuss, and … Read More

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