Providence Center for Health Care Ethics was established in 2000 on the campus of Providence St Vincent Medical Center, an acute care teaching hospital of Providence Health & Services in Oregon. The center houses an endowed chair in applied health care ethics and two endowed lectureships: The Curtis R Holzgang, M.D., Visiting Scholar and the Goldman-Berland Lectureship in Palliative Care Education.
Established as a theologically grounded center of excellence in healthcare ethics, the Ethics Center strives to promote the fields of clinical ethics and palliative care through innovative research and development of exemplary learning practices, particularly in the areas of clinical ethics consultation, palliative care education and cross-cultural competencies at the end-of-life. Ethics Center staff is also engaged in public policy related issues in health care, such as the Oregon Attorney General’s Sexual Assault Task Force, the state Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment (POLST) Task Force, and the Oregon Medical Advisory Group for pandemic preparedness planning.
We invite you to peruse our Web site to learn more about us, and to take advantage of our resources through our video and pod cast conferences and online videos. For more information, contact us at 503-216-1913 or ethics@providence.org.
News & Information
Ethics Core Curriculum III: Special Topics
Join us as Dr. Craig Blinderman, co-director of the Cancer Pain Clinic at Massachusetts General Hospital, discusses palliative sedation at our November events.
18th Annual Kinsman Conference
Learn more about Oregon health care reform discussions from the 18th annual Kinsman Conference April 10-11 2008.
Read the summary white paper produced by the conference. Read a copy Fr. Tuohey's presentation on ethics in health care reform. Learn more about Providence's commitment to health care.
2007 Annual Report
Learn more about the work of the center in 2007 in our Annual Report .
Pandemic Planning
Learn more about pandemic planning and ethical decision making during a crisis.
