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Medical Ethics

2012 Medical Ethics Program Agenda

Medical ethics is the discipline of evaluating the merits, risks and social concerns of activities in the field of medicine. Medical ethics is also the study of moral values as they apply to medicine. In some cases, moral values can be in conflict, and ethical dilemmas can result. These may be occasions when the values of the patient or family member are in conflict with the medical community.

The growth of medical knowledge and rapid expansion of medical technology have generated unprecedented opportunities and challenges in the delivery of health care. At the same time, these developments have created difficult moral issues for health professionals, patients and families of patients. These moral issues in conflict occur because different concerns related to the rights and welfare of patients may suggest conflicting courses of action.

Medical Ethics Forum meetings are held each month to present many of these difficult moral issues and provide a forum for discussing. You’re invited to attend each month’s medical ethics forum meeting, third Thursday (March and December, held the second Thursday), starting at 7:30 a.m. in education room #21. The following is the 2011 Medical Ethics Program Agenda.

Feb. 16	How Far Can an Employer Go - Using Funded Insurance for Employee Healt Ccare	Rodger Brown
March 8	Limits of Viability: How Much is Too Much?	Bryan Darling, M.D.
April 19	Money Over Matter: Challenges of Health Care Decisions	Malinda Prewitt, M.D.
May 17	Health Care for the Homeless & Chronically Mentally Ill	Brian Condit, M.D.
June 21	How Bad Research Plays into Public Health: Vaccinations	Charles Robertson, M.D.
July 19	Ethical Issues in Medical Genetics	Christopher Croot, M.D.
August 16	Alternative Medicine: Medical Myth or Medical Secret	Richmond McCarty, M.D.
Sept. 20	Domestic & Workplace Violence in a Health Care Setting	Ken Wheeler
Oct. 18	Charity vs. Robbery: Who Should Pay for the Uninsured?	Joe Reppert
Nov. 15	The Ethics of Using an EHR	Mark Williams, M.D.
Dec. 13	The Ethics: A Health Care Provider's Ability to Perform While Impaired	Lynn Nelson and Elaine Gillespie

All members of NMMC staff and community are invited to attend this informative meeting. Continuing education credits are available for physicians, nurses, case managers/social workers, PT, OT, SLP and pharmacists.

For more information, call the Rev. James Richardson, Chair, at (662) 377-3439.