Institute for Ethics
UNM's Health Sciences Center
Advancing Ethics Education, Service, and Scholarship
Scholarship:
The Institute for Ethics is committed to pursuing both conceptual and
empirical scholarly endeavors such as:
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Expansion of its existing inquiry related to special
populations. Our current topics of study include:
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ethical aspects of clinical care and research involving
special populations,
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ethical dimensions of rural health care,
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ethical issues surrounding genetic information,
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unique aspects of health care for
physicians-in-training,
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assisted death practices and attitudes in the United
States,
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family, cultural, and community perspectives in clinical
care and research, and
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developmentally-attuned professionalism training
initiatives in medical education, among others.
As Dr. Joan Gibson, retired Senior Bioethicist for the Institute for Ethics,
commented, "The current climate of health care rising costs, increasing lack of
coverage, a focus on medical mistakes, and 'physician flight' to name a few
illustrates the great need for a rigorous interdisciplinary approach to issues
that affect us all, personally and professionally."
