Department of Internal Medicine
Medical Ethics and Humanities Division
The Division is sponsored by the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Utah School of Medicine.
 The Division of Medical Ethics and Humanities' mission is to prepare physicians to provide respectful, humane patient care, to address current ethical problems in health care through research and discussion and to engage with providers, patients, and families to resolve their ethical conflicts. We use relevant medicine, law, moral reasoning, literature, drama, and art to inform physicians about ethical issues and prepare them to empathize and communicate compassionately.
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Featured Publication
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The Patient as Victim and Vector
Ethics and Infectious Disease
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Margaret P. Battin
Leslie P. Francis
Jay A. Jacobson
Charles B. Smith
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Upcoming Events
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AT-A-GLANCE
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USR Bioethics Consultation Service Council
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01/07/09
7a.m.
UVRMC Administrative Board Room
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Division of Medical Ethics Resident House Staff Conference
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01/07/09
12:30 p.m.
UUMC Cartwright
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The topic is "Impaired Health Professionals--What To Do When Help Is Needed." This event is approved for 1 CME credit hour through the University of Utah. The facilitators will be Jim Tabery and Sean Morris.
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UCR Ethics Committee
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01/09/09
7:30am
LDSH Pugh Boardroom |
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Division of Medical Ethics Resident House Staff Conference
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01/14/09
12:30 p.m
VA Medical Center in the Tsagaris Conference Room
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The topic is "Impaired Health Professionals--What To Do When Help Is Needed." This event is approved for 1 CME credit hour through the University of Utah. The facilitators will be Armand Antommaria and Mark Foote, MD.
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Physicians Literature and Medicine Discussion Group
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02/11/09
Dinner, 6:15 p.m.
Discussion,6:30 p.m.
LDSH, Amicus Boardroom
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We will discuss the book, The Good Thief, by Hannah Tinti. Our facilitator will be Rachel Borup, PhD. This event is approved for 1 CME credit hour through the University of Utah.
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Division of Medical Ethics Resident House Staff Conference
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01/21/09
12:30 p.m.
IMC classrooms 3,4,5
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The topic is "Impaired Health Professionals--What To Do When Help Is Needed." This event is approved for 1 CME credit hour through the University of Utah. The facilitators will be Jeff Botkin and Michael Crookston, MD.. |
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UUMC Ethics Committee
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01/22/08
noon-1:30pm
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Other Related Events of Interest
Life--'Natural' and less-Natural: The Science in Society Public Dialog Series for 2008-9 at The Leonardo. Click here for more details.
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Legislative News Alert!
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The Utah Advance Health Care Directive Act goes into effect on January 1, 2008. Materials to support the new law, including information about where to obtain printed Instructions and Form, electronic Instructions and Form, a Provider Guide to the new law, and various presentations on the law are available at www.aging.utah.edu/directives.
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