Ethical Dilemmas in Contemporary Healthcare: Case Studies and Discussion

Activity Summary

Required reading for all learners: Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes

Ethical dilemmas abound in critical care, such as considering whether a patient is too old to receive a heart transplant, if a patient who is actively abusing substances should receive dialysis, whether children should be allowed to have bariatric surgery, and deciding which COVID patient will be given the last ventilator. These are all examples we face in modern healthcare. Join us as we walk through these and other case studies of ethical dilemmas and discuss considerations involved and frameworks to aid in decision-making.

Objectives

Identify key considerations when examining ethical dilemmas.
Assess the frameworks presented for use in ethical decision-making.
Apply an ethical decision-making framework to an ethical dilemma.

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Successful Completion

Learners must attend/view/read the entire activity, read Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes, and complete the associated evaluation to be awarded the contact hours or CERP. No partial credit will be awarded.

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