Two Doctors, Two Generations: Medical Ethics Then and Now

Sunday, January 1, 2017, 12:00 AM - Friday, July 12, 2019, 12:00 AM

Originally presented live on May 19, 2015

Available to Beaumont Health providers and OUWB faculty and staff only.

Released 5/19/15 - Reviewed 2/14/17, 11/13/17 - Expires 12/31/20
Time to Complete: 1 hr  -  CME Credits: 1.00

Disclosure: All individuals involved with this activity have no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.

Additional Resources: The Good Doctor: A Father, A Son and the Evolution of Medical Ethics available at http://www.amazon.com/Good-Doctor-Father-Evolution-Medical/dp/0807033405/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8

1. Explain why paternalism dominated medical ethics for so many decades.
2. Examine the “bioethics revolution” of the 1970s and how patient autonomy replaced paternalism.
3. Describe how elements of both paternalism and autonomy can benefit patients in an era of personalized medicine and health care reform. 

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (1.00 hours), AMA PRA Non-Physician (Attendance) (1.00 hours), Ethics (1.00 hours), OUWB Meaningful Participation (1.00 hours)

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

Beaumont Health designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.