Clinical Ethics Society of Australasia established

Written By Edwina Light

The Clinical Ethics Society of Australasia (CESA) has been established to advance and promote clinical ethics and to support the integration of clinical ethics services into health care systems for the benefit of the community.

CESA seeks to:

  • create a collaborative and inclusive community of practice in clinical ethics

  • educate health practitioners, students, trainees, and patients about clinical ethics and its roles in health care

  • support health services in establishing clinical ethics services and their quality improvement

  • support research and teaching in clinical ethics

  • promote public understanding of clinical ethics

  • increase patient, family and carer access to clinical ethics support.

People working in or with an interest in clinical ethics are invited to join the CESA community.

CEAS’s founders and inaugural Committee members are:

  • Linda Sheahan, President

  • Anne Preisz, Vice-President

  • Edwina Light, Secretary

  • George Skowronski, Treasurer

  • Ian Kerridge, Committee member

  • Mel Drinkwater, Committee member

  • Cameron Stewart, Committee member

CESA was formally registered as a not-for-profit association in March 2024 (INC2400138 / NSW Government Fair Trading).

Edwina Light
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