Unpacking Bedside Bioethics

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Unpacking Bedside Bioethics is a quarterly professional development clinical ethics webinar series delivered by the Center for Bioethics.

Speakers identify ethical dilemmas in clinical cases, and discuss how to apply bioethical concepts and frameworks to navigate those dilemmas.

This inter-professional series is geared towards physicians, nurses, pharmacists, chaplains, social workers, and clinical staff. Health professions students are also encouraged to attend.  

Upcoming Events
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Do You Believe in Miracles? Productively Engaging Patients’ Hopes for a Miracle
  • Devan Stahl, PhD, HEC-C, Baylor University
  • Trevor M. Bibler, PhD, HEC-C, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital
How should clinicians respond to a patient’s or family’s hope for a “miracle”? What if the family’s hope for a miracle means continuing on a recovery-focused path even when clinicians believe recovery is not possible and further life-…
Past Events

A Patient's Last Chapter: Ethical Considerations for VSED, Euthanasia, and MAID

  • Joel Wu, JD, MPH, MA, HEC-C, University of Minnesota

Withdrawing and Withholding: Distinctions and Controversies in End of Life Care

  • Jaime Konerman-Sease, PhD, HEC-C, University of Minnesota
  • Justin Penny, DO, MA, HEC-C, University of Minnesota

The Angst in Adolescent Decision-Making

  • Ian Wolfe, PhD, MA, RN, HEC-C, Children's Minnesota

Conscientious Objection: The Pharmacist’s Right to Refuse to Fill Contraceptive Prescriptions

  • Tim Stratton, PhD, RPh, FAPhA, University of Minnesota, Duluth

When Can Clinicians Refuse an AMA Discharge Request? The Ethical Challenge of AMA Discharges and Involuntary Hospitalization

  • Joel Wu, JD, MPH, MA, HEC-C, University of Minnesota
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