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Dr. John Banja discusses Medical Ethics and the obligation of healthcare providers to explain and report medical error to patients and their families

Related SIYL Show: Dr. Glenn McGee : Religion, Ethics, & Morality in Stem Cell Research
Dr. Glenn McGee, noted bioethicist and Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Bioethics, discusses the need for a moral and religious framework by which to make important decisions regarding stem cell research and usage in this hotly debated field.

Related SIYL Show: Dr. Tanya Sudia-Robinson: Neonatology, Life, & Death
Dr. Tanya Sudia-Robinson, a fellow at the Emory University Center for Ethics, discusses the delicate issues of life & death in neonatal intensive care unites.

Basic Knowledge: The Emory University Center for Ethics
The Center for Ethics exists to enrich moral imagination, to deepen knowledge of ethics, and to encourage lives of moral meaning and ethical practice. To further its mission, the Center: leads innovative, collaborative programs in the ethics of health science and care, scientific research, and leadership development in Emory’s undergraduate and graduate schools; initiates thoughtful public discussions of pressing ethical issues through forums, lectures, conferences, and publications; fosters new programs and organizations that share Emory’s vision for ethical teaching, research, and service; and develops faculty capacity for teaching and research in ethics throughout the university.

Basic Knowledge: Winship Cancer Institute
The Cancer Institute is comprised of six shared facilities providing high technology services which are open to clinicians and researchers throughout the Emory system. These shared facilities make possible for an entire campus that would be too costly or time consuming for any one department or hospital. The research conducted at the Cancer Institute facilities includes basic, translational and clinical research projects. Research programs which fall under the auspices of the Cancer Institute include Cancer Prevention, Oncology Clinical Research, Pediatric Oncology, Molecular Therapy, Immunology and Cancer Genetics. Membership of the Winship Cancer Institute is made up of over 200 Emory School of Medicine faculty members from a cross-section of disciplines.

Basic Knowledge: Emory Health Science Press Release: Oncology Research Ethicist Joins Winship Cancer Institute

Basic Knowledge: Emory Health Science Press Release: Rebecca D. Pentz, Ph.D., Named to American Society of Clinical Oncology Ethics Committee

Basic Knowledge: American Society of Clinical Oncology
The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) is the world’s leading professional organization representing physicians who treat people with cancer. ASCO’s members set the standard for patient care worldwide, and lead the fight for more effective cancer treatments, increased funding for clinical and translational research, and, ultimately, cures for the many different cancers that strike millions of people around the world every year.

Basic Knowledge: Applied Research Ethics National Association
Applied Research Ethics National Association (ARENA) is a national membership organization for professionals concerned with issues relating to the protection of human subjects, the humane care and treatment of animals, scientific misconduct, ethical decision-making in healthcare, and other ethical issues pertaining to biomedical and behavioral research.

Basic Knowledge: Public Responsibility in Medicine & Research
Since its founding in 1974, Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research (PRIM&R) has been committed to the advancement of strong research programs and to the consistent application of ethical precepts in both medicine and research. Through national conferences and published reports thereon, it has addressed a broad range of issues in biomedical and behavioral research, clinical practice, ethics, and the law.

Basic Knowledge: Bioethics.net
Founded in 1993 as the first bioethics website, bioethics.net and The American Journal of Bioethics (AJOB) have grown to become the most read source of information about bioethics, visited millions of times every month by readers from around the world and every walk of life. Today, AJOB is published in print by The MIT Press, distributed online by Catchword, and housed at http://bioethics.net.

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