Foundations of Clinical Bioethics: An Overview

Tuesday, December 18, 2018, 12:00 AM - Thursday, December 19, 2024, 12:00 AM

Release Date: December 18, 2018
Review Date: January 12, 2020; February 10, 2022
Expiration Date: December 18, 2024

This presentation will describe the historical development of clinical bioethics, explain the four principles of bioethics, and articulate the clinical ethics decision-making framework and how it relates to the principles of bioethics.

This module is eligible for 1 hour of education on medical ethics.

1. Describe the current landscape of PAS/PAD in America.
2. Articulate the popular bioethics arguments for and against PAS/PAD.
3. Reveal what a "disability rights perspective" adds to the debate.
4. Apply the clinical bioethics schema and decision-making framework to clinical cases involving ethics conflicts.

This module is free for Beaumont providers and employees.

For non-Beaumont individuals, the cost is $25.

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

In support of improving patient care, Beaumont Health is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Medicine CME: 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. 

This module is eligible for 1.0 medical ethics credits towards the State of Michigan Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) CE requirement.

Disclosures: All individuals involved with this lecture have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.

 

References

Flynn J.  2017. Clinical bioethics and core competencies of attributes, attitudes, and behaviors: Foundations in philosophy and literature.

Cohen-Almagor R.  2017.  On the philosophical foundations of medical ethics: Aristotle, Kant, JS Mill and Rawls.