WELCOME TO THE EMSA Medical ethics and human rights PILLAR!
vision & mission
The Medical Ethics and Human Rights Pillar envisions a Europe with a common understanding of Human Rights, where medicine is practiced compliant with the hightest ethical values.
Its mission is to empower medical students to defend and actively promote Human Rights within society, whilst raising awareness of ethical matters in health.
OBJECTIVES
- Promote a full integration of ethics into the medical curricula
- Encourage discussion of ethical issues between medical students and healthcare professionals on the local and European level
- Advocate for the highest Human Rights standards, understanding and implementation in all European countries
- Raise awareness and promote protection of Human Rights throughout the continent
- Collaborate with relevant partners in the implementation of objectives related to medical ethics and human rights
Focus areas of the Pillar
Mental Health and Well-being of Medical Students and Practitioners
LGBTQI+ Health and Rights
Right to Health
Past Focus Areas
Migrants and Refugees Health
Organ donation and transplantation
Pride Month 2019
Human Rights Day 2016-19
International Women’s Day 2016-18
IDAHOTB 2016-18
World Refugee Day 2017-18
Children’s Day 2016
- Urgent Decision Making Guidelines
- Human Rights Advocacy and Campaigning Handbook
- Refugees and Migrants Rights JEP
- Movies and Medicine Handbook
- Public Survey on Gender and Religion Based Discrimination on Medical Students
- 4 European Weeks of Ethics (2014, 15, 16, 18 – Marmara, Heidelberg, Kaunas, Istanbul)
MEHR directors
2019/20: Anna Tapani
2018/19: Hugo Saint-James
2017/18: Hazal Erdinc
2016/17: Angeliki Tzortzi
2015/16: Suleyman Dogan Polat
2014/15: Safa Cansi
AA19
- Abortion: an ethical issue of the 21st century
- Mental and well-being in medical education
- Integration of minorities in healthcare
SA19
- Mental Health at the core of Human Rights
- Gender Identity in Healthcare
- Culture Shock and Ethics within Medical Mobility
AA18
- Ethical Issues of e-Health
- Migration and Challenges
- Sustainable Development Goals
SA18
- Human Rights 101
- Medical Ethics and Human Rights in Conflict Zones
- MEHR in Medical Curricula
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