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  • Non-Beneficial Care?

    Who decides to continue treatment – the medical team or the DPOA?

    April 29, 2022
  • Resources

    Explore Our Resources Search for case studies, audio interviews, videos, and more. Search for: Clear Filters Filter by Category All CategoriesAdvance Care Planning(41)Biotechnologies and Genomics(1)End of Life Ethics(74)Ethical Theory and Principles(23)Informed Consent(4)Medical Ethics(5)Patient/Physician Relationship(41)Pediatrics(1)Procreation and Reproduction(5)Public and Population Health(71)Religion and Morality(11)Research Ethics(16)Resource Allocation(6) Filter by File Type All CategoriesCase Studies Advance Care Planning The principle…
    March 2, 2022
  • Medical Ethics – Narrative Ethics

    Narrative ethics help tell the story and provide a framework for ethical decision making.

    December 22, 2021
  • Medical Ethics – Ethics and Complementary Medicine

    Ethical issues abound in alternative and complementary medicine.

    December 22, 2021
  • Medical Ethics – Ethical Issues in Healthcare of Persons with Developmental Disabilities

    Ethical Issues in Healthcare of Persons with Developmental Disabilities A Threat to Disabled Persons? On the Genetics Approach to Developmental Disabilities This essay by Hans S. Reinders explores the claim that the genetics approach to intellectual disability does not imply a negative evaluation of disabled persons because there is a distinction between the person and…

    December 8, 2021
  • Elder Abuse

    An estimated 120 million adult Americans (57 percent) are either providing unpaid care to an adult family member or friend or have provided this care in the past.

    November 12, 2021
  • The Case of John: Refusal to Eat in a Long-Term Care Facility

    Is there clear and convincing evidence that John is done eating?

    November 3, 2021
  • The Case of Mary Jo Hoffman: The Wanted, Unwanted Doctor

    The Case of Mary Jo Hoffman: The Wanted, Unwanted Doctor Print This Case Study   Bioethics Forum 16 (3) Case by David Emmott, MD, and Helen Emmott, RN Discussion Questions Compiled by Robert Potter, MD, PhD.     Mary Jo Hoffman, a lovely forty-nine-year-old female, came to Dr. Clarke, urologist, after being seen by her…
    November 3, 2021
  • The Case of Melinda and Matt: Ethical Indicators of Futility in Critically Ill New Mother

    The Case of Melinda and Matt: Ethical Indicators of Futility in Critically Ill New Mother Print This Case Study   Bioethics Forum 13 (2), Summer 1997 Case Study Prepared by Rosemary Flanigan, Director of Ethics Committee Development and Education, and Helen Emmott, Nurse Consultant, Midwest Bioethics Center, Kansas City, Missouri.     Melinda Roberts is…
    November 3, 2021
  • The Case of Jehovah’s Witness: A Minor Requiring Blood Products

    The Case of Jehovah's Witness: A Minor Requiring Blood Products Print This Case Study The Case of Jehovah’s Witness: A Minor Requiring Blood Products A sixteen-year-old male member of Jehovah's Witnesses incurred injuries in an auto accident.  The injuries required surgery. The Case of Jehovah’s Witness: A Minor Requiring Blood Products Case Study: Novak V.…
    November 3, 2021
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