Institute for Ethics
UNM's Health Sciences Center
Advancing Ethics Education, Service, and Scholarship
Our Mission:
Our mission is to create an arena for the development
of ethics scholarship, education and service at the University of New
Mexico Health Sciences Center. We seek to be a resource for our local,
regional, national and international communities, fulfilling the ethical
imperative of respect for persons through a distinctive focus on special
populations and health care disparity.
Our Aims:
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To foster professionalism, ethical sensitivity, and
skill among faculty, staff, trainees, and students
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To provide an ethics consultative service, to
improve health, health care, and health related research at our
institution, within the state of New Mexico, the nation, and our
global community
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To create a community of scholars, and learners who
are committed to advancing: scholarship, research, and service in
the field of ethics
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To contribute to the recognition and understanding
of distinct ethical issues for special populations, and to value
diversity in people and thinking
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To build upon existing strengths and efforts to
bring greater coherence to collaborative and interdisciplinary
ethics scholarship, education, and service endeavors at our
institution
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To expand the policy development, advocacy and
community outreach capacities of our faculty, staff, trainees, and
students to encourage public dialogue on a broad range of ethical
issues, including health care disparities
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To insure that our institution engages in the work
of an academic center in a manner that aspires to the highest levels
of professionalism and ethical conduct
Institute For Ethics
917 Vassar, NE
MSC11 6095
Albuquerque, NM 87131
Phone: (505) 272 - 4566
Tina Lujan
Upcoming Events:
Brown-Bag Ethics Journal Club is held every first Tuesday of month at noon.
The Joan Gibson Health Care Ethics Certificate ProgramModules I and II
Soon to begin Fall 2009 Registration
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Module I focuses on basic ethical issues in health care - met every Tuesday (Feb. 10 – March 24) and two Saturday sessions (Feb. 7 and March 28)
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Module II explores ethical challenges and will begin in September 2009 (Eight (8) Tuesday afternoons 4:30 - 6:30 and one (1) - Saturday sessions to end the program)
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