Introduction to Medical Ethics
PPT Slide
Van Gogh (actor's voice): "...looking at the stars always makes me dream.... Why, I ask myself, shouldn't the shining dots of the sky be as accessible as the black dots on the map of France? Just as we take the train to get to Tarascon or Rouen, we take death to reach a star."
WHY DO GAS PASSERS NEED ETHICS?
WHY ETHICS?
Case Presentation
Question:
Why is DNR in the OR different?
CONCLUSION
Why is DNR in the OR not different?
ETHICAL DILEMMA
ETHICAL DILEMMAS
The difficulty of weighing one’s obligations
The root of many ethical dilemmas that originate in clinical practice is that: others may not want what we would want for ourselves.
The purpose of education in ethics is to provide the physicians with tools to help them resolve these unavoidable dilemmas
ETHICAL THEORIES
COMMON MORALITY
EXAMPLE OF COMMON MORALITY IN ACTION
Patients’ Rights to Refuse Life-Sustaining Treatment
Patients’ Rights to Refuse Life-Sustaining Treatment in 1999
PRINCIPLES OF MEDICAL ETHICS (from our case)
RESPECT FOR AUTONOMY
BENEFICENCE
TYPES OF PRINCIPLES
Absolute principle
Prima Facie principle
PRINCIPLES
PRINCIPLES OF MEDICAL ETHICS
GOALS of MEDICINE
The relationship between patient and physician is a FUDUCIARY RELATIONSHIP
PREFFERED SOLUTION:
PROCEEDURE LIST (Y/N)
GOALS-directed Approach
EMERGENCY
SHOULD CONFLICTS ARISE:
IN CONCLUSISION:
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