The Providence Center for Health Care Ethics is pleased to be able to post videos on selected topics in health care ethics for your viewing using Window Media Player. Please note that all presentations are recorded live. It may at times be difficult at times to hear audience comments. To request a copy of the powerpoint slides please contact ethics@providence.org.
Preventing Influenza, Anthrax Poisoning and Bird Flu: How We Ethically Allocate Resources
(Rev.) John F. Tuohey, Ph.D. Core Curriculum III; Special Topics in Health Care Ethics April 19, 2005 73 minutes
This presentation discusses ethical questions related to the allocation of scarce resources. Fr. Tuohey is director of the Providence Center for Health Care Ethics and holds the Endowed Chair in Applied Health Care Ethics at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center, Portland, Oregon.
Daniel Sulmasy, O.F.M., M.D., Ph.D. Providence St. Vincent Medical Center Core Curriculum III; Special Topics in Health Care Ethics October 14, 2004 62 minutes
This presentation addresses the issue of maintaining dignity of patients in the vulnerable environment of health care. Dr. Sulmasy chairs Sisters of Charity in Ethics at St. Vincent Catholic Medical Centers, St. Vincent’s Manhattan, New York, and is professor of medicine and director of Bioethics Institute of New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York.
Caring for People from Different Cultures: Communicating Across Cultural Boundaries
Gottfried Oosterwal, Ph.D., D.Litt. Providence Portland Medical Center Core Curriculum III: Special Topics in Health Care Ethics June 19, 2003 90 minute video
This presentation discusses caring for patients from different cultures in the health care environment. Dr. Oosterwal is director of the Center for Intercultural Relations in Berrien Springs, Michigan. He is a professor of medical anthropology at Loma Linda University in California, as well as a professor of multicultural education at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo.
Abdulaziz Sachedina, Ph.D., Providence Portland Medical Center Medical Grand Rounds October 9, 2002, 35 minute video
This presentation provides an overview of Muslim beliefs on health care and health care ethics. Dr. Abdulaziz Sachedina is Professor of Religious Studies, UVA, Charlottesville, and was the ethics center's 2002 Providence Interfaith Visiting Scholar.
Nutrition/Hydration for Terminally and Non-Terminally Ill, Conscious and Unconscious Patients
(Rev) John F. Tuohey, Ph.D., Providence Portland Medical Center Medical Grand Rounds October 23, 2002 55 minute video
Using Oregon Law and Directive 58 of the Ethical and Religious Directives, this presentation examines what it means to have "a presumption in favor" of maintaining nutrition and hydration. Fr. Tuohey is Director of the Providence Center for Health Care Ethics and holds the Endowed Chair in Applied Health Care Ethics at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center, Portland, Oregon.
This video produced by CMD Productions of Portland, Oregon, provides an overview of the work of the Providence Center for Health Care Ethics and goals of health care ethics. It also portrays three challenging case studies.
