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Events:

• Nov 17: Evening Ethics Discussion: Protecting Utah Seniors--A clear need to update Utah's Guardiansh...
• Nov 18: DMEH Ethics Resident Conference

Legislative News Alert!

The Utah Advance Health Care Directive Act went into effect 1/1/08.  Instructions and Form, electronic Instructions and Form, and a Provider Guide to the new law, and various presentations on the law are available at  www.aging.utah.edu/directives

Medical Ethics and Humanities Division

Mission Statement

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.

Congratulations to Kyle Hobbs, MD and to Anne Bennett, MD, winners of the 2009 Medical Ethics Best Essay Award presented by the Division of Medical Ethics and Humanities and Campus Institute for Human Values and Applied Ethics!

Jay Jacobson, Kyle Hobbs, Anne Bennett, Linda Carr-Lee, Jeff Botkin, Peggy Battin, Tess Jones

Featured Publication

The Patient as Victim and Vector
Ethics and Infectious Disease
by:
Margaret P. Battin
Leslie P. Francis
Jay A. Jacobson
Charles B. Smith

Featured Events

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Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 5:30-7pm, Pierre Lassonde House, 105 South Fort Douglas Blvd.   Evening Ethics Discussion :“Protecting Utah Seniors--a clear need to update Utah’s Guardianship Laws—but how?” Facilitators:  Maureen Henry, JD, Executive Director of the Utah Commission on Aging Norman L. Foster, MD, Professor of Neurology, Director of the Center for Alzheimer’s Care, Imaging and Research, and Senior Investigator at The University of Utah Brain Institute.  Background articles for discussion: “Decision-Making Capacity: The Core of Self-Neglect,” by XinQi Dong, MD and Martin Gorbien, MD, FACP, Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect, Vol. 17(3) 2005 “Ad hoc Committee on Probate Law and Procedure Final Report to the Judicial Council ,” February 23, 2009
Physicians Literature and Medicine Discussion: The November 2009 session with Brooke Hopkins is being re-scheduled into 2010 There will be NO Physicians Literature and Medicine Discussion in November. The next Physicians Literature and Medicine Discussion will be: Wednesday, December 9, 2009 at 6:30 pm Literature: The Secret Scripture, by Sebastian Barry Facilitator: Aden Ross, PhD  Location: LDSH Amicus Boardroom
Slide presentation from October 2009 Internal Medicine Grand Rounds, by Leslie Francis, PhD, JD:  "Interoperable Electronic Health Records, the American Re-Investment and Recovery Act, and Patient Privacy"