If you have ever been concerned about ethical issues in the practice or study of endocrinology, welcome to your new home!
The Endocrine Ethics Association was incorporated in October 2019 as a 501 c by four colleagues with expertise and interest in ethical issues in endocrinology. This is a new organization formed to offer a venue for the vast array of endocrine and bioethics colleagues who have previously not had any specific venue to discuss or develop their ideas, concerns or other scholarship surrounding ethical issues in endocrinology or other endocrine-related areas.Â
This organization is the professional home for endocrine ethics and will provide ethics education, an ethics forum, and recommend ethical standards and guidelines for the field of endocrinology and its related sub-specialties.
Become a Member
Join a new and growing organization where you can make a difference and have a voice. This organization and website is a growing resource. We anticipate our new members to help build novel content and further scholarship in this area. Members can also become part of the Endocrine Ethics Consultation Service, offering independent ethics consultation to both researchers and practitioners in the various subfields of endocrinology, or as members, can have access to this service for their own questions or cases. Annual memberships for regular members are $150; for students, residents, or fellows $75. Members who join in 2020 will have a two-year membership for the price of a one-year membership.Â
We welcome memberships from colleagues at the Endocrine Society, the American Thyroid Association, the Society of Nuclear Medicine, the Endocrine Nurses Society, The American Society for Reproductive Medicine, the American Diabetes Association, The American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, American Society for Bone & Mineral Research (ASBMR); the Pediatric Endocrine Society (PES); American Association of Endocrine Surgeons (AAES); American Society of Andrology; American Society of Endocrine Physician Assistants; Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Society; The Pituitary Society; The Obesity Society; the Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities, and other related organizations.Â