Yogyakarta – Wednesday (10/11) Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities Universitas Gadjah Mada (CBMH UGM) held a Raboan discussion forum. CBMH UGM presented topic Pastoral Care for Terminal Disease Patients. This topic is carried by Imanuel Eko Anggun S., M.Sc who is an alumni of UGM Bioethics Masters Program. Meanwhile, the discussion forum was led by Puri Swastika GKD, SE, M.Sc as moderator.

Pastoral Care is a form of patient assistance that has long been applied in the health sector. However, in Indonesia, the service from the hospital is still not widely known by the patient and the patient’s family. According to Anggun’s research, there are still many patients who do not know or even hesitate to ask for spiritual assistance. As a result, this service does not run optimally in hospitals. Although spiritual assistance is needed especially for patients with severe disease or terminal illness. read more

Yogyakarta – Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities (CBMH UGM) held the Raboan discussion forum on Wednesday (03/11). This regular discussion forum raised an interesting theme Human Rights and the Perspective of the Qur’an.

CBMH collaborated with  Center for Religious and Cross-cultural Studies (CRCS UIN Sunan Kalijaga) and invited Prof. Syafaatun Almirzanah Ph.D, a professor in the field of Islamic Studies and the head of CRCS UIN Sunan Kalijaga as a speaker. Meanwhile dr. Nur Azid Mahadinata acts as a moderator who guides the discussion. read more

Raboan Discussion Forum on Wednesday, 13 October 2021 was presented by two excellent collaborator of Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities UGM:  Prof. dr. Zabidi Hussin and Asocc. Prof. dr. Teguh Haryo Sasongko, Ph.D. Prof. Zabidi is a Pro-Vice Chancellor and Professor of Paediatrics at International Medical University, Malaysia. In this Raboan he told his own experiences on managing a patient with metachromatic leukodystrophy that has been written in a book titled perilous genes.  Asocc. Prof. dr. Teguh Haryo Sasongko, Ph.D,  Deputy Director of Center for Research Excellence, Perdana University later gave the medical explanation about the disease from the pathogenesis until the treatment options. This event was moderated by dr. Rusdy Ghazali Malueka, Sp.S(K), Ph.D from Neurology Department Sardjito General Hospital – FMPHN UGM. read more

Raboan Online held by Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanity (CBMH) on Wednesday (6/10) was back with a topic very much relevant to the world situation this day, “Ethical Aspects in COVID-19 Vaccination”.

The speaker on this afternoon was Dr. dr. Iqbal Mochtar, MPH, MKKK, DipiCard, DoccMed, Sp.Ok, who is based in Qatar and is the Head of Middle East Indonesian Doctors Association, who also oftentimes talks about ethical issues in medicine. All the while, dr. Nur Azid Mahardinata from CBMH tackled the role of moderator in this discussion. read more