Research in Medical Ethics Research in Medical Ethics As part of our ongoing responsibility to further the understanding of the social and moral aspects of health care, the Division directs a vigorous scholarly program of research in ethics, values, and the medical culture. The Division supports and encourages researchers from throughout the Medical School and the affiliate hospitals. A recent grant from the Pettus-Crowe foundation has helped launch a seminar series examining the relationship between the social sciences and ethics in issues of health, health care, illness and disease. The Division s summer research program allows several medical students from HMS and elsewhere to spend the summer pursuing supervised research projects and participating in an advanced ethics seminar. Led by Dr. Lisa Lehmann, the summer program has guided students through such projects as informed consent and student examinations of patients, religious ideology and education about alcoholism, and psycho-social support for students during gross anatomy.
Students also have the opportunity to work on faculty-sponsored projects.
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