The Ethics unit at LIME
The Ethics unit at LIME teaches and conducts research in clinical ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ ethics and ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ research ethics. We also contribute to ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡'s internal ethics work. The Ethics unit is part of the Stockholm Centre for Healthcare Ethics, a collaboration between KTH, Stockholm University and ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.
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Photo: N/A,Getty ImagesTraining for Medical Researchers in Medical Ethics
There are still spots available for the training in ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ ethics for ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ researchers. The training aims to provide participants with knowledge of important research ethical theories and principles and to convey skills in identifying and reflecting on ethical aspects of research. The training is conducted online and does not award credits, but serves as professional development in research ethics.
Photo: Erik FlygProject "The Best Interests of the Child?"
The project "The Best Interests of the Child? Ethical, Legal, and Empirical Investigations of Social Service Decisions on Visitation Restrictions" is underway and highlights social workers' decision-making regarding visitation rights for children and their guardians. The study aims to lay the foundations for practical support in decisions about visitation restrictions.
The project is led by Ulrik Kihlbom, professor of ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ ethics at LIME at ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡, and will run for two years. In Swedish.
Photo: Beatrice JohanssonAvailable places in Doctoral Course This Autumn
Course 3073, Philosophy of Science and the Concept of Health, has vacancies for the autumn. The course is conducted in English, and you need to be a registered doctoral student to attend.
Photo: N/AResearch Collaborations at CHE
The ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ ethicists at CHE are open to various forms of research collaborations, such as clinically oriented EU projects but also smaller projects. Feel free to look at our research interests and what we believe we can contribute with.
Central Webpage for Ethics at KI
The Ethics unit at KI has completed a webpage with relevant information and the most important links about ethics education, tips and advice, and various instances within ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ ethics.
-It is essential to have a page that gathers information about ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ ethics at KI, and it is our intention to continue developing the page further, says Gert Helgesson, professor of ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ ethics and head of the ethics unit at LIME.
Stockholm Centre for Healthcare Ethics
The Ethics unit at LIME at ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ collaborates with philosophers at the Royal Institute of Technology and Stockholm University within the Stockholm Centre for Healthcare Ethics.
Donation Ethics
Donating organs during life or after death involves not only important ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ decisions but equally important psychosocial and ethical considerations.
Ethics Newsletter
Here you will find more information about ethics, collected weekly by CHE's senior advisor Marie Chenik.