Center for Bioethics Webinars and Workshops
We invite you to join in on the important discussions in bioethics through webinars, workshops and more.
Brown Bag Workshops
For non-employees of Children's Mercy, please contact Jeremy Garrett and Jennifer Pearl via email (preferably at least 3 business days in advance) if interested in attending.
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Faculty, programs and events, reviews of pediatric bioethics cases and updates on current trends.
Certificates of attendance
Certificate of attendance - COVID Ethics - May 4th panel
Certificate of attendance - COVID Ethics - April 30th panel
Certificate of attendance - COVID Ethics - April 20th panel
Certificate of attendance - COVID Ethics - April 13th panel
Certificate of attendance - COVID Ethics - April 2nd panel
Certificate of attendance - Katie Watson, JD, March 3rd presentation
Certificate of attendance - Sarah DiGregorio, February 3rd presentation
Certificate of attendance - Steven Leuthner, MD, January 28th presentation
Certificate of attendance - Peter Ubel, MD, January 21st presentation
Certificate of attendance - Ben Wilfond, MD, September 10th presentation
Certificate of attendance - Mark Clarfield, MD, September 9th presentation
Certificate of attendance - Marsha Griffin, MD, March 28th presentation
Certificate of attendance - Joseph Millum, PhD, March 4th presentation
Certificate of attendance - Lucia Wocial, PhD, RN, February 26th presentation
Certificate of attendance - Danielle Ofri, MD, PhD, February 12th presentation
Certificate of attendance - Kimberly Zieselman, JD Jan 16th presentation
Certificate of attendance - Janet Malek, MD Jan 8th presentation
Certificate of attendance - Kyle Brothers, MD, PhD Oct 29th presentation
Certificate of attendance - Trisha Prentice, MBBS, BMedSci, MBiotech, FRACP Oct 24th presentation
Certificate of attendance - Leena Nahata, MD Sept 27th presentation
Certificate of attendance - J.S. Blumenthal-Barby, PhD Feb. 22nd presentation
Certificate of attendance - Kerith Conron, PhD: Ethical Issues in Caring for Transgender Youth
Certificate of attendance - James Mumford, PhD: Reproduction in an Age of Mechanical Reproduction
Certificate of attendance - Maura Priest, PhD: Transgender Children and the Right to Transition
Certificate of attendance - Abdulaziz Sachedina, PhD Feb. 15th presentation
Certificate of attendance - Carol Taylor Jan. 10th presentation
Archived webinars and audio
Session Five: Morale and Moral Psychology During the COVID Pandemic (May 4, 2020)
Session Four: Ethical Issues for Pediatric Nurses in the COVID Pandemic (April 30, 2020)
Steven Leuthner, MD, MA: Ethical Issues in Fetal Health
Mark Clarfield, MD: Synergies and Conflicts Between the Health Interests of Children and the Elderly
Amy Caruso Brown, MD, MSc, MSCS: Is Being Treated at a Children's Hospital a Right or a Privilege?
Abdulaziz Sachedina, PhD: Ethics of Child Care: Islamic Perspectives
Carol Taylor, RN, PhD: Who's Not Getting a Fair Share of Health Care - Are We Responsible?
Jennifer Linebarger, MD, MPH: Living or Surviving? Thoughts on Professional Resiliency
Dominic Wilkinson, MBBS, BMedSCi, MBioeth, PhD: Hard Lesson: Learning from the Charlie Gard Case
Somashekhar Nimbalkar, MBBS, MD: Code Krishna: An Innovative Practice Respecting Death and Dying
Larry Churchill, PhD: What Would You Do if This Were Your Child, Doc?
Kelley Benham French: Juniper: The Girl Who Was Born Too Soon
Raphael Cohen-Almagor, PhD: Why I Changed My Mind About Euthanasia in the Netherlands
Ann Hamric, PhD, RN, FAAC: Moral Distress in Pediatric Intensive Care
Ray DeVries, PhD: More than Method: The Value of Sociology for Moral Work
Vicki Forman: This Lovely Life: A Discussion of Premature Motherhood
Peri Klass, MD: Saving Tiny Tim -- Pediatrics and Childhood Poverty in the U.S.
Steven Miles, MD: Should Pediatricians Oppose Kids' Participation in High School Football?
Deanna Fei: Author of the Memoir "Girl in Glass"
Lydia Dugdale, MD: Ars Moriendi: Reclaiming an Art of Dying for Children
Brian Carter, MD: Communication in Palliative Care: Words Matter
Farr Curlin, MD: Living Well and Dying Faithfully: How Can Palliative Care Help?
Joel Frader, MD: When the clinicians have had enough but the family wants to go on
Doug Diekema, MD: Parental vaccine refusal – What can we do?
Jonna Clark, MD: The Culture of Dysthanasia
Jodi Halpern: Do Emotions Derail Rationality?
Megan Moreno, MD, MPH: Sex, Drugs ‘n Facebook: A Parent’s Toolkit for Promoting Healthy Internet Use
Mark Mercurio, MD: The role of a pediatric ethics committee in the newborn intensive care unit
Lisa Rasmussen, MD: Are Ethics Consultations Useful?
Alex Kon, MD: Choices Doctors Would Make if Their Infant had Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
Emily Largent, RN, PhD: Which Orphan Diseases Will Find a Home?