The Department of Medical Humanities and Bioethics has influenced the practice of medicine by

• Assisting in drafting legislation to authorize living wills and other advance medical directives in Arkansas. Helping establish an ethics committee at UAMS Hospital
• Assisting other Arkansas hospitals establish ethics committees
• Organizing a statewide network of hospital ethics committees
• Founding the Pediatric Ethics Consortium, a national initiative housed at Arkansas Children’s Hospital
• Presenting numerous talks at adult education centers and nursing homes, and to religious, professional and civic groups.