Objectives:

After participating in this educational activity, attendees should be able to:
1| Identify the relevant questions of moral analysis and moral reasoning in the context of DNR orders for surgical patients.
2| Determine an appropriate framework for analyzing ethical dilemmas that arise in the context of DNR orders for surgical patients.
3| Explain steps to identify the "least bad" course of action and progress toward an ethically-sound resolution via bioethics mediation.


Faculty:

Peter A. DePergola II, Ph.D., M/T.S.
Director of Clinical Ethics, Baystate Health
Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School-Baystate
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine
 

Disclosure:

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.