Colorado Healthcare Ethics Forum
Your resource for healthcare ethics across the life span
Your resource for healthcare ethics across the life span
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Welcome to CHEF!
Colorado Healthcare Ethics Forum
Our Mission:
To support the Colorado healthcare ethics community by:
Cultivating the foundations of ethical practice by providing education, training and resources to members of ethics committees and others involved in ethics consultatioin;
Helping advance awareness of ethical issues by promoting opportunities for ethics education statewide;
Educating tcommunity members to become effective individual and organizational providers of ethical heatlhcare and conduits for information and resources to the larger healthcare community;
Facilitating opportunities for collaboration and networking of persons and organizations interested in participating in healthcare ethics.
Our Values:
The activities of CHEF are guided by the following core values:
Collaboration
Open communication and collaborative dialogue are integral to the practice of ethics.
Inclusiveness
The practice of ethics should be interdisciplinary and inclusive of all healthcare settings, cultures, and viewpoints.
Knowledge
Ethical practice is based in a firm foundation of ethical knowledge and method.
Advocacy
Advocating for the importance of ethics committees, ethics consultation and integration of ethical considerations into all dimensions of health care is critical to sustained ethical practice.
Stewardship
Ethical awareness must include a balance of concern for the individual patient and the constraints of the larger system including the just distribution of resources among heatlhcare organziations and the larger society.
Quality
Ethical practice is not a destination but a journey that requires constant focus on enhancing the quaity and integrity of ethical practice.
For additional details about CHEF contact us at: info@coloradoethicsforum.org
To support the Colorado healthcare ethics community by:
Cultivating the foundations of ethical practice by providing education, training and resources to members of ethics committees and others involved in ethics consultatioin;
Helping advance awareness of ethical issues by promoting opportunities for ethics education statewide;
Educating tcommunity members to become effective individual and organizational providers of ethical heatlhcare and conduits for information and resources to the larger healthcare community;
Facilitating opportunities for collaboration and networking of persons and organizations interested in participating in healthcare ethics.
Our Values:
The activities of CHEF are guided by the following core values:
Collaboration
Open communication and collaborative dialogue are integral to the practice of ethics.
Inclusiveness
The practice of ethics should be interdisciplinary and inclusive of all healthcare settings, cultures, and viewpoints.
Knowledge
Ethical practice is based in a firm foundation of ethical knowledge and method.
Advocacy
Advocating for the importance of ethics committees, ethics consultation and integration of ethical considerations into all dimensions of health care is critical to sustained ethical practice.
Stewardship
Ethical awareness must include a balance of concern for the individual patient and the constraints of the larger system including the just distribution of resources among heatlhcare organziations and the larger society.
Quality
Ethical practice is not a destination but a journey that requires constant focus on enhancing the quaity and integrity of ethical practice.
For additional details about CHEF contact us at: info@coloradoethicsforum.org
