Medical Ethics Advisor (Vol. 33, No. 4)

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Release date: April 2017

Valid through: April 2020

Target Audience

This activity is intended for acute care physicians, chiefs of medicine, hospital administrators, nurse managers, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, social workers, and chaplains.

Subjects

Surrogate decision-makers face ethical questions if patient has dementia
Surge in ED palliative care referrals lowers cost and length of stay
High ICU volume hastens withdrawal of life-sustaining therapy
Signs that ethics consult is needed for pediatric end-of-life care
Unresolved ethical concerns involving big data in healthcare
Ethical obligations of clinicians interacting with law enforcement
Why overly strict eligibility criteria for clinical trials is an ethical issue
How gender and race affect timing of clinical ethics consults
New health equity study brings serious ethical concerns to light

Objectives

Discuss new developments in regulation and healthcare system approaches to bioethical issues applicable to specific healthcare systems;
Explain the implications for new developments in bioethics as it relates to all aspects of patient care and healthcare delivery in institutional settings;
Discuss the effect of bioethics on patients, their families, physicians, and society.

Credit Available

Physicians

Maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™

Nurses

1.5 ANCC Contact Hours

Sponsor

This activity is sponsored by AHC Media.

Accreditation Statement

AHC Media is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Relias Learning, LLC is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Credit Designation

Physicians

AHC Media designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nurses

This activity has been approved for 1.5 nursing contact hours using a 60-minute contact hour.

Faculty Listing

Authors

Stacey Kusterbeck

Editors

Consulting Editor: Arthur R. Derse, MD, JD

Nurse Planner: Susan Solverson, BSN, RN, CMSRN

Editor: Jill Drachenberg

Editor: Dana Spector

Financial Disclosure

Consulting Editor Arthur R. Derse, MD, JD, Nurse Planner Susan Solverson, BSN, RN, CMSRN, Editor Jill Drachenberg, Editor Dana Spector, and Author Stacey Kusterbeck report no consultant, stockholder, speakers’ bureau, research, or other financial relationships with companies having ties to this field of study.

Medical Ethics Advisor (Vol. 33, No. 4) - April 1, 2017