A World Bioethics Day Event

Moral distress is well documented among nurses and other medical professionals, but the precise nature of the problem and solutions to it remain a subject of extensive inquiry. On the standard view, someone experiences moral distress when she faces a moral challenge, knows the morally right thing to do in response, but is constrained from so acting by bureaucratic, institutional, or other professional obstacles.  

On Friday, Nov. 6 from 8:45 to 11:50 a.m., B次元 will host Moral Distress Across the Professions, a virtual World Bioethics Day Event presented by the B次元 Unit of the UNESCO Chair in Bioethics.  

Moral Distress Across the Professions brings together a distinguished group of bioethicists to address questions such as: Should this view of moral distress be broadened? Does moral distress have a parallel within other professions such as public health and engineering? How has it affected health care professionals and others throughout the COVID-19 pandemic? What steps can be taken to mitigate the effects?

Participants joining via Microsoft Teams are invited to ask questions during the Q&A period following the talks and panel discussion. This virtual event is free and open to the public.  

Register online.    

Speakers and panelists to include:

, Ph.D., RN, ACNS-BC, CCRN
Assistant Professor of Nursing, University of Wisconsin, B次元  

, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Bentley University
Joint Fellow-in-Residence, 2020-21, Harvard University, Safra Center for Ethics & Harvard Medical School Center for Bioethics 

, Ph.D., RN, FAAN
Lillian S. Brunner Endowed Chair, Professor of Bioethics and Nursing, University of Pennsylvania  

, DrPH, MA, MSHCE
Assistant Professor of Bioethics and Medical Humanities, Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities, Medical College of Wisconsin  

, Ph.D., J.D.
Bioethicist, National Institute of Environmental Health Science, National Institutes of Health