Health Care Ethics Academic Program
The Nevada Center for Ethics & Health Policy invites you to visit the Health Care Ethics website to view information about the Health Care Ethics Program.
Applied Research: Long Term Care
- Introduction to Summary of Physican Orders for Scope of Treatment (SPOST)
- Summary of Physician Orders for Scope of Treatment (SPOST) Sample Form
- Nevada Emergency Medical Services-Do Not Resuscitate Order Instructions
- Emergency Medical Services - Do Not Resuscitate Order
Applied Research: End of Life Care
- 2002 Nevada Report Card (pdf)
- 2004 NHPCO National Data Set (pdf)
- Achieving Balance - Pain & Policy Reports
- Ethical Delimmas in End of Life Care (PowerPoint Presentation)
Applied Research: Storytelling
A developing effort to capture valuable Nevada stories and reminiscences has begun to take shape. Volunteers formally trained by University of Texas Medical Branch faculty have begun to conduct structured "Share Your Life Story" Workshops in conjunction with the NCEHP. This initiative is designed to develop into a series of writing workshops in various locales throughout the state.
A related NCEHP effort involves development of "Storyboards" for hospitalized patients and those residing in long-term care facilities. A Storyboard would effectively illustrate critical elements of each individual patient's life, e.g., birthplace, childhood locale, education, siblings, marriage, career/profession. Display of each patient's Storyboard is expected to provide (often non-English-speaking) institutional staff members with information vital to effective care-giving. Future research initiatives are planned to identify and measure the effect of Storyboard development and display on individuals patients, facility staff, patient families, and community volunteers.
Applied Research: Rural Bioethics Initiative
Scholars expert in health care policy and nationwide trends came to Lake Tahoe in September 2004 to study the health care needs-and bioethical challenges-faced by rural America . A symposium developed and implemented by the NCEHP, with the support of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, focused critical national attention on "Ethics in Rural Practice." Scholars from the National Institutes of Health Section on Ethics and Health Policy, Dartmouth College Medical School , University of Montana , Oregon Health & Science University, St. Mary's/Duluth Clinic Health System, University of Texas Medical Branch Institute for Medical Humanities, Texas Tech University, and the University of Nevada, Reno, joined together to examine existing health care policies affecting rural residents here in Nevada and throughout the nation's least populated communities. Symposium participants from interdisciplinary fields took a close, expert look at rural health care needs and initiated a process expected to help develop solutions consistent with rural community values and limited resources. Professional papers developed for the symposium will be published to further advance the field of rural bioethics and related issues.