Topices in CME guide include 1) definitions; 2) withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment; 3) patient self-determination; 4) nonmaleficience and beneficence; 5) the relief of pain and suffering; 6) potential for abuse; 7) ...

This video raises and explores questions about the relationship between personal moral values and individual rights and societal rights.

Topics covered are: euthanasia and the right to die, AIDS and the health care professional, and patient rights. The program includes an interview with Dr. David H. Smith, a professor of medical ethics at the University ...

"This videotape gives medical caregivers, clergy, laypersons, and patients an in-depth understanding of advance directives. It features Henry S. Perkins, M. D., Associate Professor of medical Ethics at the University of ...

Barbara Streisand and Nick Nolte star in the stunning screen adaptation of Pat Conroy s best-selling novel, The Prince of Tides. Nolte is Tom Wingo, a disillusioned Southern coach who must reveal his tortured childhood ...

Topics covered in CME guide include 1) definitions; 2) issues related to access and cost; 3) some causes of increased health care costs; 4) care of patients and costs to society; 5) ethical concerns about rationing; 6) ...

Several Catholic theologians, physicians, lawyers, and ethicists discuss topics at the "Ends of Life." Rev. Russell Smith; John Collins Harvey, M.D.; William May, Ph.D.; Kevin O'Rourke, Ph.D.; Basile Oclo, J.D.; Sheperdson ...

A program made by the Pro-Life Education Foundation of Maryland, Inc. to encourage voters to vote against Maryland Senate Bill 162 (SB 162) which established the right of the physician requested to perform the abortion by ...

The film describes advance directives, including the durable power of attorney. Ruth Macklin talks about the doctor-patient relationship. A small pamphlet containing questions and answers is enclosed in the cassette box.

Topics included are: making decisions for infants, decision-making with uncertain outcomes, allocating scarce medical resources, identifying new ethical issues, and reasoning through new ethical issues. The program includes ...