Bioethics Grand Rounds

Crowded Out: The Costs and Consequences of Crowdfunding Healthcare

Please join the Bioethics and Humanities Department for a Grand Rounds presentation by Nora Kenworthy, PhD: Crowded Out: The Costs and Consequences of Crowdfunding Healthcare. Dr. Kenworthy will summarize a decade of mixed-methods research on the use of crowdfunding for health care, highlighting core ethical issues with this increasingly popular strategy for helping pay for care.

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The Ethics of Human Brain Organoids & Human-Animal Neural Chimeras | Grand Rounds

John H. Evans is the Tata Chancellor's Chair in Social Sciences, Professor of Sociology, Associate Dean of the Social Sciences and Co-Director of the Institute for Practical Ethics and the University of California, San Diego. He is an elected member of three honorific societies representing bioethicists, sociologists, and scholars of the relationship between religion and science. He is the author of seven books and over 60 articles examining science bioethics, and religion.

Trauma Informed Care | Harborview Ethics Forum

The Bioethics and Humanities department presents a Harborview Ethics Forum presentation by Dr. Alexandra Hernandez, MD, MCR on "Trauma Informed Care." This presentation will review the definitions of trauma and trauma informed care and discuss ways in which we can apply trauma informed care in our daily practice. Dr. Alexandra Hernandez will also describe the current American College of Surgeons initiative to embed trauma informed care training in trauma centers nationally.

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Gun Violence Prevention: What is Possible? | Harborview Ethics Forum

The Bioethics and Humanities department presents a Harborview Ethics Forum lecture by Ali Rowhani-Rahbar, PhD and Julia Schleimer, MPH: Gun Violence Prevention: What Is Possible?.

This presentation will summarize the scope of gun violence in the United States and review specific approaches with the greatest potential to prevent it and reduce its harmful consequences. Dr. Rowhani-Rahbar will describe the scope of gun violence in the United States and identify specific approaches with the greatest potential to prevent gun violence and reduce its harmful consequences.

Redlining in Medicine | Harborview Ethics Forum

This month’s forum, Redlining in Medicine, features three amazing speakers: Sherronda Jamerson, MA, SUDP, Sharon Reed, RN, MSN, BSN, AAACN, and Natalie McCarthy, JD. They will be presenting on cases that have been reported with concern for raced based discrimination and harm affecting our black patients with a goal of helping promote an equitable approach to healthcare. 

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