Madeline Brill Nelson Chair in Ethics Education @ Oregon Health & Science University
OHSU Center for Ethics in Health Care was founded in 1989 with a clear and compelling purpose: to bring justice, compassion, and respect to every aspect of health care in our community. The scope of the Center's work has expanded far beyond the early dreams of its founders, to include: - Innovative education programs for current and future generations of health care professionals throughout the state - A leading national role in transforming care at the end of life, in particular through the development of the ground-breaking Portable Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) program which is now available in most states nationwide as well as a number of other countries - Policy change to address pressing issues such as conflict of interest and access to health care - Research to support important health care reform The Madeline Brill Nelson Chair in Ethics Education will act as a leader in ethics, scholarship, research and education at OHSU and will work to further OHSU's mission of teaching, research, patient care, outreach, and public service. The OHSU Center for Ethics is a 36 year old, nationally recognized, interprofessional group of individuals seeking to advance ethics in health care.
The appointee shall provide services as assigned by the supervisor in furtherance of the university’s missions and goals of teaching, research, patient care, outreach and public service.