Objectives

After participating in this educational activity, attendees should be able to:
1. Describe the roles of the members of the healthcare team in their respective responsibilities for quality care.
2. Identify the relevant questions of moral analysis and moral reasoning in the context of clinical privacy law.
3.  Determine an appropriate framework for analyzing ethical dilemmas in the context of clinical privacy law.
4.  Examine personal values and professional obligations in relation to ethical issues in clinical privacy law.
5.  Explain steps to identify the "least bad" course of action and progress toward an ethically-sound resolution via bioethics mediation.

Faculty

Peter DePergola II, PhD, MTS
Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of Massachusetts Medical School-Baystate
Director of Clinical Ethics
Baystate Medical Center 

None of the members of the faculty and planning committee for this educational event have commercial relationships with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling or distributing health care goods and services consumed by or used on patients.