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Recorded Annual Meeting Presentations (RAMP) are now available for purchase.
Only $90 for presenters, $140 for registered attendees and $200 for non-attendees.

Online Program

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Facilitated group discussion of a public health ethics case


Saturday, October 31, 2015 : 1:15 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Ruth Gaare Bernheim, JD, MPH, MPH Program, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
This session will be used to demonstrate the process of case analysis by having the group as a whole consider a public health ethics case.  A facilitator will guide this discussion of the case.  The case will be selected from one of the five included in the training material distributed to course participants.

Learning Areas:

Administration, management, leadership
Ethics, professional and legal requirements

Learning Objectives:
Demonstrate the process of case analysis.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am the Chair of the Department of Public Health Sciences in the School of Medicine, University of Virginia (UV). I also am the Associate Director for the Institute for Practical Ethics and Public Life at UV. For many years, I have served as the Co-director for the Ethics Committee of the Public Health Leadership Society and have consulted with this group about implementing the Public Health Code of Ethics.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

Back to: 1005.0: Good decision making in real time: Practical public health ethics for health officials--Fee: $300