Erin Lin, an undergraduate student at McMaster University, has been working alongside HHERG members, Lisa Schwartz and Rachel Yantzi, on a video on Palliative Care in Humanitarian Crises. You can check it out below and let us know what you…
Author: Humanitarian Health Ethics Research Network
Humanitarian Healthcare Ethics is a place to find practical and educational material for humanitarian healthcare workers as well as students and scholars of humanitarian healthcare ethics. The website developed out of empirical research on the ethical dilemmas faced by humanitarian healthcare professionals working in humanitarian crises, disasters or areas of extreme poverty.
Webinar: COVID-19 Response in Humanitarian Settings
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New Contribution: Key questions to ask when facing dilemmas during COVID-19 response in humanitarian settings
23/03/2022 New contribution by Humanitarian Health Ethics research members Matthew Hunt and Lisa Schwartz in partnership with GHC COVID-19 task team. You can read it now here. Overview of Report Health Clusters and partners are often facing challenges in humanitarian…
New Publication: Lessons learned in crises abroad can be applied at home
22/03/2022 New publication from members of the Humanitarian Health Ethics Research Group in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. You can check it out here. Some more information can also be found through the McMaster webpage here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fx57M81xPlI Domestic Applications of…
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(Re)imagining Humanitarian Health Ethics
22/03/2022 What form should bioethics take in the years to come? It’s clear the status quo is not enough. This is true for humanitarian health ethics. Although there are valuable foundations, pathways, ideas to build on – or so we…
Celebrating the winner of the 2021 Award for Bioethics Service in the Face of Challenges, Dr. Amar Jesani
January 31. 2022, 7-8:30pm India time Here: zoom (Meeting ID: 854 5167 7841; Passcode: 012596) Amar Jesani has been a proponent of bioethics as activism and brings a strong justice orientation to his pioneering work in bioethics. The award recognizes individuals who have…
New Publication: Unpacking the ‘Oughtness’ of Palliative Care in Humanitarian Crises: Moral Logics and What is at Stake?
New publication from the Humanitarian Health Ethics Research Group Nouvet E. et al. (2022) Unpacking the “Oughtness” of Palliative Care in Humanitarian Crises: Moral Logics and What Is at Stake?. In: Messelken D., Winkler D. (eds) Health Care in Contexts…
Call for Papers: Oxford Global Health and Bioethics International Conference
Further information and submission instructions can be found here.
Humanitarian Governance Webinar with Guest Speaker Tammam Aloudat
Physician and Global Health Centre's managing director, Tammam Aloudat, is the next guest speaker joining the series from the Humanitarian Governance: Accountability, Advocacy, Alternatives research group. Aloudat's talk argues for an exploration of alternative ethical frameworks for humanitarian action. Register Here
Announcement: Joint Research Project on ‘Integrating Ethical Values in Humanitarian Use of Drones’ Has Come to an End
October 2021 The joint research project - Value Sensitive Innovation: Integrating Ethical Values in the Humanitarian Use of Drones - of McGill University and University of Zurich has come to an end in August 2021. The project involved both academic partners and…
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