"When a couple is unable to conceive a child, one of the more controversial modern methods of helping them is 'surrogate motherhood,' in which a woman is hired, or volunteers, to bear the man's child and then give it up. ...

This one hour program focuses on a unique team of ethicists at the University of Chicago Medical Center. The program is a four-part story that takes the viewer behind the scenes to the bedside to examine the state of the ...

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) ...

How should health professionals approach the ethical issues surrounding patient autonomy, family dynamics, and end-of-life decisions? What ethical issues arise from religious and cultural diversity? How does an organization's ...

"Medical Ethics: The Catholic Perspective is a series of ten 25-minute programs introduced by Dr. Daniel Sulmasy and designed to provide the Catholic Church's position on important medical ethics issues. Msgr. Robert Thelen ...

"In March 2006, CHA hosted its 20th annual Theology and Ethics Colloquim in Nashville entitles, Act Justly: Facing the Challenges of Disparity and Diversity. The program examined disparity and racism in health care, its ...

The ten cases, on topics selected by the Ethics Committee of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, and the discussion guide were designed for use in an ethics course for orthopaedic surgeon residents or for self-study ...

In collaboration with the University of North Carolina Center for Public Television, the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University produced a two-part television series on The Struggle for Moral Leadership. The program ...

This segment of Donahue [the Phil Donahue Show] focuses on in-vitro fertilization or test tube babies shortly after the birth of Louise Brown in England on July 25, 1978. The date for the segment is 1978. Dr. Andre ...

John Glaser, STD, and Barbara Meyer Lucas, M.D., open the program and discuss premature babies, the critically ill newborn, and handicapped infants, noting the disparity between physicians, hospitals, or geographic areas ...