Joan Henriksen, PhD, RN, HEC-C

Dr. Henriksen is a Senior Clinical Ethicist at Abbott Northwestern Hospital and an Affiliate Faculty member at the Center for Bioethics. She performs bedside consultation to support patients, their families, and clinical teams in the process of moral deliberation. Her research interests include conflicts of conscience of healthcare providers, proactive strategies to reduce ethical conflict, truth telling and requests for non-disclosure of medical information. She enjoys teaching about ethics to trainees as well as working clinicians.

Professional Associations

Member, American Society for Bioethics and Humanities (ASBH)

Member, ASBH Nominating Committee, Core Competencies Revision Task Force

Member, National Nursing Ethics Conference