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."
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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