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This post was crafted in partnership with the UF-VA Bioethics Unit and Florida Community Innovation, a 501c3 nonprofit. In October 2023, Dr. Michael Shapiro presented a Grand Rounds talk with the UF-VA Bioethics Unit about the ethics of diagnosing Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). A recording of the…
On the week of November 26, Joseph (Joe) E. Thornton, MD, Michael Shapiro, MD, and Caroline Nickerson presented at the UNESCO Chair in Bioethics 13th World Conference: Bioethics, Medical Ethics and Health Law in Jerusalem, Israel.
On Friday, October 19, the UF-VA UNESCO Bioethics Unit met for presentations commemorating World Bioethics Day. UNESCO has 73 units of this particular program, and our unit was set up three years ago with the help of Dr. Russel D’Souza, chair of UN Bioethics Day in Haifa. Dr. Russel D’Souza…
Dr. Thornton received the award for his work at the VA, serving Veterans, and for his work with the UF-VA Bioethics Unit.
The mission of the UF-VA Bioethics Unit is to promote the teaching of ethics into everyday clinical practice. Contact: Joesph (Joe) E. Thornton, M.D. Head of the UF-VA Bioethics Unit of the International Chair of Bioethics, a World Medical Association Cooperating Center. Email: joethornton@ufl.edu …
