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Institute for Health Care Ethics

Promoting compassion and justice in health care in WNY

through education of ethical principles and practice.

Education Tools

Practical tools for students, nurses, doctors, pharmacists, and other providers; these products apply the fundamentals to ethical decision making and can improve provider-patient relationships.

Online Courses

In an elevated learning experience of animated scenarios and presentations, each of our certificate courses focus upon more advanced principles and clinical applications of health care ethics.

Community Involvement

Working to create learning opportunities for the general public and a platform for feedback, we are committed to fulfilling the expressed needs of our community.

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What do we offer?

Education Tools

Driven by the expressed need from our patients and community, we have teaching tools to help resolve ethical dilemmas in health care practice.

Coming soon!

Coming soon!

Online Courses

An accessible, well-informed ethics consultation service, using a hospital’s nursing, physician, or chaplaincy personnel has been shown to improve overall patient care and may complement a hospital’s risk management department.

Community Involvement

As educators and clinicians, we are driven by the needs of the community. Our products are developed in response to the challenges of ethical decision making expressed by health care providers. Future projects depend largely on your feedback. We will be adding a survey soon.