Program in Medicine & Human Values

The Program in Medicine & Human Values at California Pacific Medical Center provides medical ethics consultation for professionals and families, a variety of sponsored continuing education activities for practicing health care professionals, resources through our special library collection, research, and regional ethics resources.

Program News

Summer Workshop VII-
Practice Makes Perfect – Best Practices for Ethics Consultation
The Program is hosting its annual Summer Workshop in Clinical Ethics 2 June 2012, Fromm Hall, University of San Francisco. Registration is now open.

Join us on the 10 of May at 6:00pm for The Philosopher’s Book Club, a new literary salon with special guests that explores the world of ethics.
See Conferences & Events for more information.

Want to find out what happened to Ms. D from our latest Ethicist is In? See our Publications page.

Bioethics Currents

Current issues in biomedical ethics from around the world.

• CNN, 1 May 2012
  Facebook encouraging organ donations
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• American Medical News, 30 April 2012
  Supreme Court: Generic drugmaker may sue over brand patent
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• The New York Times, 30 April 2012
  E.R. Doctors Face Quandary on Painkillers
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• CNN, 29 April 2012
  Texas couple pen a 'bucket list' for their baby with fatal illness
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• The Washington Post, 23 April 2012
  Mich. woman kept on respirator for a month to allow for birth of twin boys in Grand Rapids
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