John Dossetor Health Ethics Centre

Time 2020-09-11 23:09:48

Web Name: John Dossetor Health Ethics Centre

WebSite: http://www.bioethics.ualberta.ca

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The Dossetor Centre reaches out to scholars, students, health-care practitioners, clinical ethics committee members, health-care administrators, patients and their families, media and the general public through:Health Ethics Seminar SeriesHealth Ethics SymposiumIssues in Health Ethics SeriesGrand RoundsHealth Ethics Today, a newsletter published two to three times per year with a local, provincial, national, and international distribution list, including all medical doctors across Alberta.Media contacts to discuss health ethics topics in the newsThe Dossetor Centre has also developed a partnership with Alberta Health Services to provide support to the clinical ethicists and clinical ethics committees for the University of Alberta Hospital, the Stollery Children's Hospital and the Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute. Conducting research on a broad spectrum of ethical, moral and human-rights issues, including:clinical practicecompassiondisability ethicshuman rightsmental healthmoral distresshealth policygender issuespublic healthrelational and reproduction ethicsneonatology-perinatologyprofessionalism Teaching health ethics to students of all levels across many faculties at the University of Alberta. Education opportunities include:INT D 570: Healthcare EthicsINT D 670: Research EthicsMedical Sub-Specialty Ethics TeachingCanMEDS Selective in Ethics and CommunicationsUndergraduate Medical Student Elective, An Experience in Bioethics Michael van Manen part of UofA team of experts discusses: eight things you need to know about the worldwide hunt for COVID-19 vaccine July 27, 2020 Michael van Manen, director of the John Dossetor Health Ethics Centre and Endowed Chair of Health Ethics emphasizes the need to encourage public dialogue around "challenge trials" and who would be first to receive a vaccine against COVID-19. If inoculation became mandatory and not enough people were willing to step up voluntarily, Michael suggests that such a public policy discussion would have to balance the principle of minimizing government intrusion into people’s lives and respecting what could be legitimate safety concerns against the risk to the community. Michael van Manen interview about public health measures to stem COVID 19 May 12, 2020 Michael van Manen, director John Dossetor Health Ethics Centre and Endowed Chair in Health Ethics interview using an ethics lens of why public health measures to stem COVID-19 are the most ethical thing to do. Public use of cloth masks amid COVID 19 April 14, 2020 Jaynita Maru and Austin Mardon discuss the benefits for the general public to wear face masks in the time of COVID-19. Webinar Recording - Pandemic Ethics and Allocating Scarce Resources - Dossetor Health Ethics Public Lecture April 05, 2020 Through the lens of ethics, this presentation addresses a range of resource allocation issues during a time of substantial scarcity in the COVID-19 pandemic.Health Ethics Today is a publication of the John Dossetor Health Ethics Centre. The journal focuses on ethical issues in healthcare. Health Ethics Today endeavors to promote ethical reflection and education on matters of moral concern in healthcare.Read the latest issueSign upUniversity of Alberta John Dossetor Health Ethics Centre 5-16 University Terrace, University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta Canada T6G 2T4 Map

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