UW School of Medicine Bioethics & Humanities Department
Past News and Events
November 21, 2024, 3:30pm
November 19, 2024, 12:00pm
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.
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 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.
June 12, 2024, 12:00pm
Learn about what Plymouth Housing is doing to bridge efforts between the housing, healthcare and social services sector to better serve our unhoused community. Learn how structural changes made between these sectors can create greater ethical impact while improving health outcomes, quality of life, and equity.
Objectives:
1. Identify at least 3 major ethical concerns related to integration of health/behavioral health services in PSH.