Emergency physician Stephen Parnis will tell medical and health professionals why acting ethically, even if it comes at a personal or professional cost, is central for safe, effective health care. Source: ACU.
The high-profile physician, who has been a vocal critic of euthanasia laws, an authoritative commentator during the COVID-19 pandemic and a prominent advocate for the rights and responsibilities of health care workers, will deliver the 2025 Plunkett Lecture next month.
A Clinical Fellow at ACU’s Plunkett Centre for Ethics, Dr Parnis will use the public lecture to defend the necessity of doctors and healthcare professionals to act according to the dictates of their consciences.
“The rights of doctors and other healthcare workers to act according to their conscience, the need to carefully form that conscience, and the judgment and courage to determine when not to bow to unreasonable dictates imposed by employers, regulators and governments – these are essential for a strong and ethical health workforce, and for the community to maintain trust and confidence in those who care for them.” Dr Parnis says.
He will draw from his own professional experience of the personal and professional costs of acting in accord with his ethical principles, including his experience of burnout in the wake of the pandemic, and more recently in terms of speaking on ethical issues in the public domain, and their impact on his roles as a medical specialist and board chair.
The 2025 Plunkett Lecture with Dr Stephen Parnis will be delivered at the Peter Cosgrove Centre at ACU’s North Sydney Campus and livestreamed on Wednesday, November 5, from 5.30pm.
Details and registrations: 2025 Plunkett Lecture.
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Dr Stephen Parnis to deliver annual Plunkett Lecture on the essential nature of ethical care (ACU)
