DEPARTMENT OF BIOETHICS

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation's commitment to quality patient care includes a deep concern for the ethical aspects of medicine. The Department of Bioethics was established in 1983, and is administratively located in the Chief of Staff's Office. The Department's mission includes clinical consultation, research ethics, institutional ethics support, education, and research. (History of Department)

The Bioethics Department Celebrates its 25th Anniversary in 2008

FEATURE PRESENTATIONS:

The Department is pleased to offer standing educational events on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month. The first Tuesday of each month will feature Bioethics Grand Rounds, and on the third Tuesday of each month there will be an In-Depth Bioethics Case Study. For a complete listing of upcoming events, please use the "Conferences" tab located to your left. Thank you

ALL BIOETHICS GRAND ROUNDS: CME CREDIT AVAILABLE

INTERNAL MEDICINE RESIDENTS' NOON CONFERENCE:

Co-Sponsored by the Department of Bioethics

May 29, 2008

"The Poetry of Healing: A Doctor's Education in Identity, Desire, and Empathy"

Rafael Campo, MD

General Internal Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston.

Author of The Healing Art

12:00pm - 1:00pm, NA5-08

BIOETHICS GRAND ROUNDS

June3, 2008

"Ethics Consultation in Neurological Disease: Learning From the Past"

Adrienne Boissy, MD

3:00pm - 4:00pm, JJ3-107

Learning Objectives:

1.  Review data from a recent retrospective review of ethics consults from neuro-centered units

2.  Identify other relevant research in ethics consultation practice

3.  Discuss how (or if) we can improve the future consultation process in this patient population

To Make an Online Donation to the Department of Bioethics at the Cleveland Clinic:

For those individuals interested in making a gift to the Department of Bioethics at The Cleveland Clinic, please click on the "I Support" link below.  This link will take you directly to an information page to make a dontation on-line.  Within the Designation drop down menu, choose "Gift Other" and type Bioethics in the box below.  Thank you for your support .