Overview
Our mission is to provide leadership in bioethics research, education, practice and public engagement.
We strive to prepare students to provide respectful, humane patient care, to address current ethical problems in health care through research and discussion and to engage with providers, patients, and families to resolve their ethical conflicts.
We use relevant medicine, law, moral reasoning, literature, drama and art to inform students about ethical issues and prepare them to empathize and communicate compassionately.
Program of Art in Medicine
Director, Cynthia Standley, PhD
Program for Narrative Medicine and Health Care Humanities
Director, Jennifer Hartmark-Hill, MD

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Students and Faculty Inducted into the Gold Humanism Honor Society
Fifteen students and three faculty members were selected for their acts of humanism in the world of medicine
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Bioethics Master’s Seeks to Expand Medical Humanism to More Students
The program will introduce students to ethical dilemmas in health care
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Medical Student Serves as an Advocate for People Experiencing Homelessness
Caitlin Parke, Class of 2023, works to spread awareness of the values of medical humanism
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2022 Year in Review
The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix highlights some of our top stories from 2022
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Surgery Resident Finds Solace in Art
Harriet Barratt, MD, a fifth-year surgery resident, used her clinical experiences to inspire her latest artwork
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Medical Students Travel to Rocky Point, Mexico, to Provide Care to Migrants
Examining close to 200 patients a day, the students’ efforts made a tremendous impact
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Arizona Medical Association
Arizona Medical Association Welcomes 131st President, Dr. Jennifer Hartmark-Hill
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2021 Year in Review
The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix highlights some of our top stories from 2021
Art in Medicine
Recognizing and valuing creative expression as essential to health, healing and humanistic care
Narrative Medicine and Health Humanities
Bringing together health care humanities programs with an emphasis in narrative perspectives