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 surgical care for incapacitated patients.

2. Determine a framework for analyzing ethical dilemmas that arise in the context of surgical care for incapacitated patients.

3. Examine personal values and professional obligations in relation to ethical dilemmas that arise in the context of surgical care for incapacitated patients.

4. 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
Associate Professor of Medicine
University of Massachusetts Medical School-Baystate
Chief Ethics Officer & Senior Director of Clinical Ethics
Baystate Medical Center 

Faculty Disclosure

The design and content of Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education ( CE ) activities support quality improvement in healthcare and provide fair and balanced views of therapeutic options.  Faculty or planner conflicts of interest are resolved before the educational activity.

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.