Clinical & Medical Ethics

Clinical & Medical Ethics Bibliography

Post Date: 02/20/2013
Author: 
CBHD Research Staff

 

The following sources do not necessarily reflect the Center's positions or values. These sources, however, are excellent resources for familiarizing oneself with the all sides of the issue.

 

Clinical Ethics Working Group

 

Clinical ethics involves the identification, analysis, and resolution of ethical issues that arise in the care of specific cases.  Care issues at the bedside are when the principles and theories of bioethics and ethics in general as well as an individual's worldview are tested in real time.

 

Clinical Ethics Dilemmas: Capitulation to a Patient’s Demands

Post Date: 02/22/2013
Author: 
Robert E. Cranston, MD, MA, FAAN

Editor’s Note: This column presents a problematic case that poses a medical-ethical dilemma for patients, families, and healthcare professionals. As it is based on a real case, some details have been changed in the effort to maintain patient confidentiality.

Podcast Episode: 
172

Length: 14:18
 

Clinical Ethics Dilemmas: How Does the Doctor Decide Between Cost and Care?

Post Date: 11/16/2012
Author: 
Ferdinand D. Yates Jr., MD, MA

Column Editor’s note:  This column presents a problematic case that poses a medical-ethical dilemma for patients, families, and healthcare professionals.  As it is based on a real situation, some details have been changed in the effort to maintain confidentiality.  In this case, the community pediatric society struggles with appropriate pediatric care i

Podcast Episode: 
169

Length: 11:46
 

Commentary: Six Years Later and Katrina Still Engenders Bioethical Debate

Post Date: 04/13/2012
Author: 
Gregory W. Rutecki, MD

What Has Culture Really Decided about Emergencies and Euthanasia?

Podcast Episode: 
165

Length: 30:10
 

Adolescent Confidentially: An Uneasy Truce

Post Date: 03/02/2012
Author: 
Mary B. Adam, MD, PhD

 

Editor’s Note: This column presents a problematic case that poses a medical-ethical dilemma for patients, families, and healthcare professionals. As it is based on a real case, some details have been omitted in the effort to maintain patient confidentiality. In this case, the doctor discusses her experience from the retrospect of the unanswered question.

Column Editor: Ferdinand D. (Nick) Yates, MD, MA; Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, State University of New York at Buffalo

Podcast Episode: 
163

Length: 14:18
 

End-of-Life Care in the Long-Term Cancer Survivor

Post Date: 03/11/2011
Author: 
Gregory W. Rutecki, MD

 

Podcast Episode: 
158

Length: 16:15