About Us  Program Staff
Robert M. Sade, M.D.
Director
Bonnie T. Hawley
Administrative Coordinator
Background The Institute was created in 1994 as an interdisciplinary program dedicated to scholarly inquiry at the intersection of bioethics with health policy. The interdisciplinary membership of the Institute is drawn from the medical, humanities, and social sciences faculties of the Medical University of South Carolina, the College of Charleston, the University of South Carolina, and professionals in the lay community. The work of the Institute is augmented by contributions from other scholars in South Carolina. Their specific areas of interest encompass such topics as physician-assisted suicide, the interaction of clinical ethics with managed care, the relation of law enforcement to drug use in pregnancy, and ethical issues in gene technology. The Institute was created by Robert M. Sade, M.D., Professor of Surgery at MUSC, with the advice and support of Layton McCurdy, M.D., Dean of the College of Medicine, in 1994. Program Activities The Institute of Human Values in Health Care is developing research and education programs that address the medical, ethical and social issues related to the delivery of health services. This work is not only targeted at the development of clinical services at MUSC, it also focuses on specific issues of national importance to help shape health policy. Listed below are just a few of the current projects and initiatives being undertaken by the Institute and its members. - Pitts Memorial Lectureship in Medical Ethics
- Legal/ Public Policy Initiatives
- Community-Based Initiatives
Mission Statement The mission of the Institute of Human Values in Health Care is to conduct interdisciplinary research and to publish analytic studies relating human valuesto the development of health policy, legislation, and systems of delivery of patient care. As part of its broad mission, it also creates and maintains educational and research programs that relate human values to health policy and patient care. Through its work, the Institute serves as a resource for educational institutions, for health care organizations, and for local, state and federal government. | 
