The Center for Bioethics helps people confront and understand ethical issues in health, health care, new biomedical technologies, the environment, and the life sciences. The Center for Bioethics teaches, publishes, and helps create policy through outreach.

The Center offers programming that includes public engagement as part of our commitment to respond to issues and concerns important not just to the academic community, but to communities within the Twin Cities and beyond.

Ending Unequal Treatment: A Systems Approach
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Ending Unequal Treatment: A Systems Approach
A Patient's Last Chapter: Ethical Considerations for VSED, Euthanasia, and MAID
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A Patient's Last Chapter: Ethical Considerations for VSED, Euthanasia, and MAID
Withdrawing and Withholding: Distinctions and Controversies in End of Life Care.
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Withdrawing and Withholding: Distinctions and Controversies in End of Life Care.
Inequality & the Environment: Moving from Science to Action
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Inequality & the Environment: Moving from Science to Action
The Angst in Adolescent Decision-Making
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The Angst in Adolescent Decision-Making
Health, Equity and Climate Change
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Health, Equity and Climate Change
Trust Takes Two: Barriers to Trust in the Healthcare System Among Ethnically Diverse Parents
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Trust Takes Two: Barriers to Trust in the Healthcare System Among Ethnically Diverse Parents
Conscientious Objection: The Pharmacist’s Right to Refuse to Fill Contraceptive Prescriptions
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Conscientious Objection: The Pharmacist’s Right to Refuse to Fill Contraceptive Prescriptions
Seen Yet Invisible: Lessons from Muslim Experiences at the Margins of Diversity and Inclusion.
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Seen Yet Invisible: Lessons from Muslim Experiences at the Margins of Diversity and Inclusion.
When Can Clinicians Refuse an AMA Discharge Request? The Ethical Challenge
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When Can Clinicians Refuse an AMA Discharge Request? The Ethical Challenge
A Novel Approach to Understanding Physician Complicity with Torture
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A Novel Approach to Understanding Physician Complicity with Torture
Standards for Surrogate Decision-Making
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Standards for Surrogate Decision-Making
Equitable Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Research
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Equitable Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Research
One Health: The Inextricable Links of Human Health, Animal Health, and the Environment
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One Health: The Inextricable Links of Human Health, Animal Health, and the Environment
Black Reproductive Health: Getting at the Root Cause of Inequity
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Black Reproductive Health: Getting at the Root Cause of Inequity
Informed Consent: Beyond Consenting the Patient
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Informed Consent: Beyond Consenting the Patient
Physicians’ Experiences with and Perceptions of Caring for Patients with Disability
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Physicians’ Experiences with and Perceptions of Caring for Patients with Disability
An Eco-Structural Approach to Health Ethics
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An Eco-Structural Approach to Health Ethics
Beyond Abortion: The Consequences of Overturning Roe
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Beyond Abortion: The Consequences of Overturning Roe
“Who Ya Gonna Call?” When Your Patients Can’t Decide by Themselves
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“Who Ya Gonna Call?” When Your Patients Can’t Decide by Themselves
The Case for Health Care Reparations
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The Case for Health Care Reparations
Not Equivalent, But Better: Human Rights and Health Care Behind Bars in the Time of COVID
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Not Equivalent, But Better: Human Rights and Health Care Behind Bars in the Time of COVID
The True Role of Autonomy in Medicine
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The True Role of Autonomy in Medicine
Demystifying Decision-Making Capacity
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Demystifying Decision-Making Capacity
Identifying and Addressing Gaps in Health Outcomes Using the Health Capability Profile
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Identifying and Addressing Gaps in Health Outcomes Using the Health Capability Profile
The Minnesota Assisted Suicide Bill: Bad Medicine, Bad Ethics, Bad Law
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The Minnesota Assisted Suicide Bill: Bad Medicine, Bad Ethics, Bad Law
MN End-of-Life Option Act: Medical Aid in Dying is a Compassionate Option for Terminally Ill Patient
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MN End-of-Life Option Act: Medical Aid in Dying is a Compassionate Option for Terminally Ill Patient
Rapid Transition to Telehealth & the Digital Divide
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Rapid Transition to Telehealth & the Digital Divide
Understanding the Health & Well-Being of Sexual & Gender Diverse Populations
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Understanding the Health & Well-Being of Sexual & Gender Diverse Populations
Dr. John Song’s Vision for Health Equity: Dignity in Death and Dying While in Prison
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Dr. John Song’s Vision for Health Equity: Dignity in Death and Dying While in Prison