The Bioethics Network of Ohio (BENO) is a non-profit organization founded to provide information, promote knowledge and improve practice among persons concerned with bioethics. The network is comprised of individuals and institutional sponsors. It promotes collaboration and communication among its members on bioethical issues, and serves as an educational resource for both professionals and the public.
BENO was founded in Spring, 1990. We seek individual members and institutional sponsors from throughout Ohio. Membership currently includes physicians, nurses, lawyers, social workers, administrators, ethicists, religious and lay ministers, legislators, journalists and other professionals, and hospitals, long-term care facilities, churches, law firms and other organizations.
Terminal care, organ donation, AIDS, genetics, addiction,
eldercare, malpractice, preventive care and rationing comprise an
imposing list of contemporarty bioethical issues. These issues mirror
pressing everyday personal and professional complexities, and persons
from all walks of life increasingly seek informed bioethical
perspectives. Membership in BENO promises improved bioethical
response via enlarged bioethical communication throughout Ohio.
Benefits of BENO membership include:
*Reduced registration fee for the annual one-day ethics conference.
*Reduced registration fee for BENO's annual intensive workshops, held in conjunction with the annual meeting.
*Receipt of BIO, Beno's quarterly newsletter with topical articles, case studies, and bioethics information and announcements.
*Networking and referrals to BENO members in your geographical
area who can provide bioethics education, lectures, resources, and
assistance for ethics committees.
Annual individual membership is $45.00 or $80 for two years if paid at once. Student memberships are available for $20.
Annual institutional membership is available in three categories. Silver Membership at $100.00; Gold Membership at $325.00; and a Special Platinum Membership for $1000.00.
Benefits for institutional members at the Silver level receive 5 copies of BIO Quarterly, a 20% discount for conference and intensive seminars, the annual membership directory and a certificate recognition of membership.
Benefits for institutional members at the Gold level receeive15 copies of BIO Quarterly, a 20% discount for conference and intensive seminars, the annual membership directory and a certificate of recognition of membership.
Benefits for institutional members at the Special Platinum level include 15 copies of BIO Quarterly, three complimentary registrations to the annul conference, special name recognition of your support, the annual membership directory and a framed certificate of membership.
Download a form for membership and send it along with a check to:
Bioethics Network of Ohio
PO Box 181356
Cleveland Heights, Ohio 44118-1356
wedinger@mco.edu
