Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities

Center for Bioethics and Medical HumanitiesEstablished| 2008 (2008)

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Parent institution

| University of Mississippi Medical Center
Director| Ralph Didlake
Location|

Jackson, Mississippi

United States

The Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities (CBMH)[1] is located at the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) in Jackson, Mississippi. The center is designed to support the education, research and clinical missions of UMMC by focusing on ethics, professionalism, and the social context of modern health care. The center was established in 2008 by a challenge grant[2] from the Bower Foundation[3] and is directed by Dr. Ralph Didlake. The core faculty[4] of the CBMH consists of full-time UMMC faculty members who have specific training and expertise in the broad spectrum of bioethics issues addressed by the center.

## Activities

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A student Bioethics Fellowship[5] was established in June 2010 as a collaborative effort between the CBMH and Department of Philosophy and Religion at the University of Mississippi. The CBMH serves as the home of UMMC's Quality Enhancement Plan[6] to reaffirm professionalism as a core value in all of its training programs. The center also maintains a Professionalism Resource Catalog[7] that provides instructional materials in the areas of ethics, professionalism and cultural competency.

## Lectures

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The Paradox of Affluence: Choices, Challenges and Consequences[8]

The Evolution of American Bioethics[9]

## References

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1. ^ "Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities". Retrieved 9 November 2010.
2. ^ "Bower Foundation gift creates Bioethics Center". Medical Center News. 2009-01-15. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
3. ^ "The Bower Foundation". Retrieved 9 November 2010.
4. ^ "Core Faculty". Retrieved 10 November 2010.
5. ^ "Fellowship Gives Humanities Students Taste of Doctors' Real-World Ethical Dilemmas". Ole Miss News. June 23, 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
6. ^ "QEP proposal will embed humanities courses within health sciences curriculum". CenterView. March 1, 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
7. ^ "Professionalism Resource Catalog". Retrieved 9 November 2010.
8. ^ "Northeast Mississippi Community College". Phi Theta Kappa News. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
9. ^ "Triad Volume 3, Issue 1, Page 4" (PDF). Triad Newsletter. March 2009. Retrieved 9 November 2010.