National Rural Bioethics Project
National Rural Bioethics Project
The National Rural Bioethics Project is a research effort based at the University of Montana in Missoula. The project’s purpose is to conduct research in four focus areas:
- Context: What kinds of bioethics-related issues emerge in rural communities and rural health settings?
- Practices of health care providers: How do health care providers resolve the ethics-related problems that develop in rural settings?
- Perception of need: Do health care providers believe additional ethics-related resources are needed? If so, what resources would they use?
- Local values: Are there cultural or contextual issues that shape the ethics of health care in rural communities?
The project recently received a grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality for a three-year, multimethod intervention study that seeks to develop and disseminate bioethics-related resources that will:
- increase educational opportunities for health care providers;
- address patient safety concerns;
- help reduce medical errors in rural health care settings.
The project has developed a web site and is field-testing an array of resources that may help rural providers resolve ethical issues they encounter. The web address is www.umt.edu/bioethics.
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