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
