The Ashford Institute Applied Bioethics Summer Conference
For Faculty Members, Interns and Students including:
Medical Students and Interns, Nursing and Physician's Assistant Students,
Graduate Students and Interns in Social Work, Counseling or Psychology.
Non-academic participants may register through our NON-ACADEMIC REGISTRATION PAGE.
If you will be an incoming student in the above fields by Fall of 2019, you are eligible to attend. Non-academic professionals may inquire about attending through our Contact Page.
Where: The Hawthorne Inn and Conference Center, Winston-Salem, NC
When: Hotel check-in is June 7th. Sessions for the full conference are June 8-13, 2019
This conference examines important multi-disciplinary issues in which medicine, social work, psychology, and pastoral ministry each have important contributions to make, and which include ethical dimensions. In order to make ethical decisions about specific issues in health care, it is essential to first have an understanding of these issues, including current research and the lived experience of patients and clinicians, as well as an understanding of ethical principles. This conference will focus on practical solutions to multidisciplinary clinical issues including:
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Informed Consent.
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Ethics in Health Care Research.
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Intimate Partner Violence.
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Human Trafficking.
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Substance abuse during pregnancy.
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Resources for social, emotional, spiritual and economic challenges in pregnancy.
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Reproductive losses (miscarriage, abortion, etc.) and the recovery process.
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Ethical issues in fertility treatments including egg donations.
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Perinatal Hospice for Parents of Children with Life-Limiting Diagnoses.
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Ethical issues in assessing and addressing spiritual needs of patients.
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Provision of health care in resource rich vs. resource poor nations.
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Hippocratic Medicine.