 Services
Bioethical Services of Virginia, Inc. offers a full
array of medical ethics programming functions,
including:
We have extensive experience in providing medical
ethics programming to health care facilities of all
types including community hospitals, long term care
facilities, state mental retardation facilities, mental
health institutes and community services boards.
Because every facility has its own unique history and
purpose, we individually tailor services to meet the
specific needs of each health care setting. Whether your
goal is to satisfy JCAHO accreditation guidelines, to
develop an educational program for staff, to respond
effectively to a difficult medical ethics problem, or
develop policies that are consistent with your values,
Bioethical Services has the ability to help.
 Bioethical
Services of Virginia, Inc. currently provides support to
numerous facilities in the development and continued
operation of their ethics programs. If your facility is
in the process of formulating a new committee,
Bioethical Services Of Virginia, Inc. can provide
valuable support in the process of formulating
guidelines, determining the appropriate structure of
your committee and in training your committee members.
After a committee has been developed, Bioethical
Services of Virginia, Inc. can provide ongoing training
and education for the committee, and assist or lead in
the practical matters of committee business. In many
cases, BSV, Inc. takes full responsibility for ongoing
committee operation.
 One
of the primary functions of an ethics committee is to
provide ongoing educational programming for committee
members, facility staff, and consumers of services. It
is imperative that those involved in medical ethics work
come to understand the theoretical base for medical
ethics decision making as well as strategies for
practical application. A large body of literature and
experience exists in the field of medical ethics, and
Bioethical Services Of Virginia, Inc. provides talented
educators to make this material accessible.
 When
confusion exists in a particular circumstance; when
conflict develops regarding the ethically appropriate
response to a particular situation; or when policy
issues touch on questions of morality, it is important
that a process exist by which the ethical values at
stake can be clarified and rationally considered. It is
necessary to create an environment in which open
discussion of ethical issues can take place so that
resolution follows.
Bioethical Services Of Virginia, Inc. has extensive
experience in providing on-site ethics consultations and
policy development and review. In addition to providing
a format for the discussion of ethical issues, BSV, Inc.
delivers tangible work products in the form of written
policy drafts or specific case consultation
recommendations.
In bioethics, discussion surrounds large questions of
importance to society in general and to health care
professionals in particular. Bioethical Services of
Virginia, Inc. provides partial-day, full-day, and
multi-day seminars on medical ethics to health care
organizations regionally and nationally.
Our Bioethics Seminars deal with concerns like:
- the overall structure of the delivery of health
care in the U.S.,
- allocation of limited resources,
- ethical implications of physician assisted
suicide.
Our Clinical Seminars cover specific cases involving
practical scenarios within the health care environment,
such as:
- end of life decisions for incapacitated loved
ones,
- truthfulness,
- the ethics of forcing care on individuals who have
lost the ability to make their own health care
choices.
In every session, whether we are dealing with
sweeping social issues such as the ethical implications
of genetic engineering, or particular problems such as
withholding or withdrawing the artificial provision of
nutrition and hydration, we discuss practical examples and
work to develop a thoughtful resolution to these
difficult problems. In ethics, process is as important
as content, and we rigorously examine the basis for
particular viewpoints.
Sample Seminar Topics:
- Disaster Ethics: From Pandemics to Terror Attacks
- Ethics and Recovery in Mental Health
- The Allocation of Scarce Medical Resources
- The Ethics of Mandatory Vaccination
- Forcing Prenatal Care and Noncompliant Parents
- Ethical Issues in the Application of Reproductive
Technologies
- Cloning and Genetic Manipulation
- Damaged Newborns: How Aggressive Should We Be?
- Euthanasia and Physician Assisted Suicide
- Paternalism in Medicine
- Living Wills, Durable Powers of Attorney, Advance
Directives
- Ethical Problems in Medical Confidentiality
- Truthfulness in Medicine
- Informed Consent and the Capacity to Decide
- Ethical Issues in the Business of Medicine
- Ethics, Religion and Medicine
- Ethical Issues in Geriatrics
- Sexuality in Long Term Care Facilities
- The Ethics of Discomfort and Tolerance
- Research Ethics
- Ethical Issues in the Determination of Death
- Case Studies in Medical Ethics
- Leadership Ethics
- Business Ethics and Public Service
- Practical Ethics for Local Leaders
- The Ethics of Eminent Domain
The list is not meant to be all-inclusive, and we
develop custom seminars for clients to suite individual
needs.
To schedule a seminar for you facility or group, please
contact us for our current fee
schedule and availability.
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