Dr. Klitzman will draw on in-depth interview research to examine how, given the political and religious polarization in our nation today, patients and family members from a wide range of backgrounds -- from evangelical to agnostic, atheist and 'nothing in particular' -- seek and find sources of meaning, connection and hope when facing serious medical illness.
Past News and Events
November 19, 2024, 12:00pm
November 13, 2024, 12:00pm
Please join us on Wednesday, November 13th at 12pm with Sherronda Jamerson.
Sherronda Jamerson presents how racism, at its most basic level, is a lens though which people interpret, naturalize, and reproduce inequality. She explains that racism is not a “white” issue it is a systematic/structural issue designed to keep in place white cultural dominance. Learn why this system has caused harm to us all.
OBJECTIVES:
1) Maintaining openness and moving forward.
2) Learn how trauma and stress can invade the body and skew perception.
September 25, 2024, 5:00pm
Apply to our flexible, online program to become certified for Advanced Training in Healthcare Ethics! Improve patient care, be an ethics committee member, or become an ethics consultant.
Program dates:
September 11, 2024, 12:00pm
Please join us on Wednesday, Sept 11th with Dr. Patricia Kuszler.
Her presentation will be about Legal Updates regarding Beginning of Life Issues and a small discussion afterwards.
Patricia C. Kuszler joined the faculty of the School of Law at the University of Washington in 1994 and is a Charles I. Stone Professor of Law.
August 21, 2024, 3:00am
Congratulations to the recipients of the 2024-2025
Wylie Burke Endowed Scholarship for Diversity!
Natalia Montes
Bio: Natalia earned a BA in Psychology with a Philosophy Minor at UW and currently works as a Program Specialist for the UW Graduate Program in Neuroscience. Natalia was recently admitted to the MA in Bioethics program!