Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities explained

Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities
Parent:University of Mississippi Medical Center
Director:Ralph Didlake
City:Jackson, Mississippi
Country:United States

The Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities (CBMH)[1] is located at the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) in Jackson, Mississippi. The center is designed to support the education, research and clinical missions of UMMC by focusing on ethics, professionalism, and the social context of modern health care.The center was established in 2008 by a challenge grant[2] from the Bower Foundation[3] and is directed by Dr. Ralph Didlake. The core faculty[4] of the CBMH consists of full-time UMMC faculty members who have specific training and expertise in the broad spectrum of bioethics issues addressed by the center.

Activities

A student Bioethics Fellowship[5] was established in June 2010 as a collaborative effort between the CBMH and Department of Philosophy and Religion at the University of Mississippi.The CBMH serves as the home of UMMC's Quality Enhancement Plan[6] to reaffirm professionalism as a core value in all of its training programs.The center also maintains a Professionalism Resource Catalog[7] that provides instructional materials in the areas of ethics, professionalism and cultural competency.

Lectures

The Paradox of Affluence: Choices, Challenges and Consequences[8]

The Evolution of American Bioethics[9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities. 9 November 2010.
  2. News: Bower Foundation gift creates Bioethics Center. 9 November 2010. Medical Center News. 2009-01-15 .
  3. Web site: The Bower Foundation. 9 November 2010.
  4. Web site: Core Faculty. 10 November 2010.
  5. News: Fellowship Gives Humanities Students Taste of Doctors' Real-World Ethical Dilemmas . 9 November 2010. Ole Miss News. June 23, 2010 .
  6. News: QEP proposal will embed humanities courses within health sciences curriculum . 9 November 2010. CenterView. March 1, 2010.
  7. Web site: Professionalism Resource Catalog. 9 November 2010.
  8. News: Northeast Mississippi Community College . 9 November 2010. Phi Theta Kappa News.
  9. News: Triad Volume 3, Issue 1, Page 4. 9 November 2010. Triad Newsletter. March 2009.