Ethics Case Studies
Free CME credit is available where indicated for completion of online educational activities featuring case studies developed by the College’s Ethics, Professionalism and Human Rights Committee and the Center for Ethics and Professionalism and published on Medscape.
- Stewardship of Health Care Resources: Allocating Mechanical Ventilators During Pandemic Influenza
(Get CME credit for completion of this case study activity) - Stewardship of Health Care Resources: Responding to a Patient’s Request for Antibiotics*
(Get CME credit for completion of this case study activity) - Copied and Pasted and Misdiagnosed (or Cloned Notes and Blind Alleys)
(Get CME credit for completion of this case study activity) - Who Should Get What? Mammography and the Stewardship of Health Care Resources
- Patient/Physician/family Caregiver Relationships: When the Family Caregiver is a Physician
- Physician Work Stoppages and Political Demonstrations -- Economic Self-Interest or Patient Advocacy? Where Is the Line?
- To Be or Not to Be: Should I Serve as an Expert Witness?
- Author! Author! Who Should Be Named in a Published Study? An Ethics Case Study
- The Difficult Patient: Should You End the Relationship? What Now? An Ethics Case Study
- Dealing with the ‘Disruptive’ Physician Colleague
Additional ACP Ethics Case Studies
Twenty-eight additional case studies are published in the book, "Ethical Choices: Case Studies for Medical Practice. Second Edition"
For more information contact Lois Snyder Sulmasy, JD, at lsnyder@acponline.org, or at 215-351-2835.
Related Links
- Where We Stand: ACP Advocacy Issues
- End-of-Life Care Patient Education Project
- Conflict of Interest Disclosure System
Ethics Resources
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