Category / Case Studies / Medical Ethics / Pandemic / Pandemic Ethics / Professionalism
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Case Study –“But I’m Asymptomatic to the Virus!” Quarantine Ethics
Jane is 40-year old physician who is travelling back from providing free medical care oversees. She has been stationed in South America, where a new virus is spreading. Very little is known about the virus but is has been shown to be extremely contagious through the air.
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Case Study –Allowing Patients to Make Bad Decisions
Patient is a 74-year-old male, suffering from COPD and ESRD. Patient requires oxygen and twice weekly dialysis. After a ten-day hospital admission, the attending physician has determined that the patient is medically cleared for discharge and recommends discharge to a SNF.
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Accelerated Advance Care Planning in Long Term Care
Accelerated Advance Care Planning in Long Term Care The Center's accelerated advance care planning (ACP) in long-term care training programs is geared toward professional associations, long-term care providers, and organizations seeking guidance on how to respond to crisis situations quickly and compassionately, where families may be separated and difficult care planning discussions must be managed… -
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Pandemic Ethics Resources
Pandemic Ethics Resources Institutional Resources and GuidanceAccessibility Guidance Including VaccineAdvance Care Planning and Medical Decision MakingKansas and Missouri GuidanceOther State GuidanceOther Ethics ResourcesPandemic Webinar Series and COVID Ethics Updates Pandemic Webinar Series COVID Ethics Updates Institutional Resources and GuidanceEthical Considerations: Care of the Critically Ill and Injured During Pandemics and Disasters: CHEST Consensus Statement PubMed.gov/NIH… -
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Organ Transplantation
Many ethical issues are involved in organ transplantation.
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Medical Ethics – Lectures and Audio Interviews
Lectures and audio interviews about medical ethics.
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Medical Ethics – Confidentiality and Privacy Issues in Healthcare
Confidentiality and privacy issues in healthcare
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Medical Ethics – Narrative Ethics
Narrative ethics help tell the story and provide a framework for ethical decision making.
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Medical Ethics – Difficult Provider-Patient Relationships
Relationships between a healthcare provider and a patient can be difficult.
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Medical Ethics – Ethics and Complementary Medicine
Ethical issues abound in alternative and complementary medicine.
