Activity ID
10956Expires
November 3, 2025Format Type
EnduringCME Credit
0.5Fee
$30CME Provider: AMA Journal of Ethics
Description of CME Course
When patients are unable to express their wishes and do not have surrogates or advance directives, which and whose values should inform decision making for them? This month on Ethics Talk, Scott Schweikart provides an overview of 3 common approaches to caring for unrepresented patients and Dr David Ozar explains policy challenges health professionals face when caring for unrepresented patients in emergencies.
Disclaimers
1. This activity is accredited by the American Medical Association.
2. This activity is free to AMA members.
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Educational Objectives
1. Identify key ethical values or principles at stake, as described in the program
2. Distinguish among factors of ethical, clinical, legal, social, and cultural significance
3. Articulate how central themes of clinical and ethical relevance in the program can influence health care practice
4. Explain at least one way in which micro-level clinical ethics questions intersect with broader macro-level policy questions in health care
Keywords
Ethics
Competencies
Medical Knowledge, Professionalism
CME Credit Type
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit
DOI
10.1001/ama.2019.0655
