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The Monash Centre for Ethics in Medicine and Society

The Monash Centre for Ethics in Medicine and Society was established in 2001 by the Monash University Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, as a Centre within the Department of Medicine at the Alfred Hospital. The Centre is responsible for the development, co-ordination and conduct of teaching at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels; fosters research in ethics and values in relation to medicine and society; and maintains a clinical ethics service at the Alfred Hospital.

 

News and events

  • Intensive Research Ethics Course (IREC) 2009
    Sunday 29 November to Thursday 3 December, 2009 at the Bellinzona Grange Resort, Hepburn Springs. Registrations for the course are now open.  Please click here for further information and to register.

  • Research Participant Questionnaire
    CEMS invites you to take part in an on-line survey
    Have you ever taken part in medical research? – You may be able to help us!

  • The Monash University Clinical Ethics Resource
    A free on-line service intended to provide an expanding resource for health practitioners of all kinds. You are invited to contribute to its ongoing development.

  • Weighting for Change
    Monash health experts Dr Samantha Thomas and Professor Paul Komesaroff say the medical profession and the community must fundamentally re-think their approach to overweight people.

  • An Investigation of care planning decisions in advanced illness in the Alfred Health Region
    There is growing recognition of the need to respect and engage patients and families in planning and care at the end of life, as well as improving processes by which an individuals’ prior wishes about end of life care are respected, should they become incompetent.  While initiatives such as advance care planning and the use of advance directives have become increasingly common in an attempt to improve and understand the treatment preferences and choices of seriously ill patients, there is conflicting evidence about how these can effectively engage communities in end of life care.

 

 
For Students

The centre welcomes inquiries from students who may be interested in undertaking study for a higher degree in relation to ethics or social research in medicine and the health sciences.

New Honours project forthcoming.
‘Obesity’: Tell us your story!

A new research study to be undertaken at the Centre aims to look at the health and social experiences of people living with obesity. The study has been funded by the Australian Research Council.
We are interested in speaking to men and women who are over 18 years of age.
Click here for more information
If you are interested in taking part in the study or have any questions please email:
weight.experience@med.monash.edu.au
For more information, contact Asuntha Karunaratne on (03) 9903 0729 or Dr. Samantha Thomas on on samantha.thomas@med.monash.edu.au