Joar Björk

Physician and clinical ethicist. Research focusses on prioritization challenges, autonomy issues and ethical support in healthcare.

Joar Björk is a physician in palliative home care and a clinical ethicist, living and working in Region Kronoberg but conducting his research at Uppsala University. As a clinical ethicist he is charged with leading ethics rounds and supporting professional groups who encounter ethical challenges. Joar Björk’s research focuses on issues related to autonomy and coercion, justice and prioritization challenges, the ethical perceptions of healthcare personnel and forms of ethical support in healthcare.

Publications

Case-Based Clinical Ethics Support: A Description and Normative Discussion of Methodological Issues from the Swedish Perspective

Pergert, Pernilla; Svantesson, Mia; Bartholdson, Cecilia; Bremer, Anders et al.

Part of HEC Forum, p. 191-206, 2026
Ethical challenges and action alternatives: Case reflections in ambulance care

Bennesved, Anna; Bremer, Anders; Svensson, Anders; Rantala, Andreas et al.

Part of Nursing Ethics, p. 883-898, 2026
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Preparedness for working with genomic medicine among Swedish non-genetics physicians - a nation-wide survey study

Björk, Joar; Friedman, Mikaela; Nisselle, Amy; Ingvoldstad Malmgren, Charlotta et al.

Part of Journal of Community Genetics, 2026
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Ethical reflection: The palliative care ethos and patients who refuse information

Björk, Joar

Part of Palliative Care and Social Practice, 2025
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Ethical reflections of healthcare staff on 'consentless measures' in somatic care: A qualitative study

Björk, Joar; Juth, Niklas; Godskesen, Tove

Part of Nursing Ethics, p. 2227-2240, 2025
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Self-assessed knowledge of genomic medicine among non-genetics physicians – results from a nationwide Swedish survey

Björk, Joar; Friedman, Mikaela; Nisselle, Amy; Soller, Maria Johansson et al.

Part of Journal of Community Genetics, p. 669-677, 2025
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Ett nytt verktyg för etisk analys av vård utan samtycke inom somatisk vård

Björk, Joar

Part of Tvång på gott och ont, p. 169-194, Iustus förlag, 2025
"It is very hard to just accept this": a qualitative study of palliative care teams' ethical reasoning when patients do not want information

Björk, Joar

Part of BMC Palliative Care, 2024
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An "ethics of strangers"?: On knowing the patient in clinical ethics

Björk, Joar; Hirsch, Anna

Part of Medicine, Health care and Philosophy, p. 389-397, 2024
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Smoking and home oxygen therapy: a review and consensus statement from a multidisciplinary Swedish taskforce

Ahmadi, Zainab; Björk, Joar; Gilljam, Hans; Gogineni, Madhuri et al.

Part of European Respiratory Review, 2024
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Attitudes Toward Medical Assistance in Dying Among Swedish Palliative Care Professionals

Segerlantz, Mikael; Beck, Ingela; Björk, Joar; Elmlund, Mattias et al.

Part of Journal of Palliative Medicine, 2024
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Challenges regarding informed consent in recruitment to clinical research: a qualitative study of clinical research nurses' experiences

Godskesen, Tove; Björk, Joar; Juth, Niklas

Part of Trials, 2023
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Areas of expertise

Healthcare, public health & professional ethics

PhD-supervision

Adam Ehlert (co-supervisor)