The Ethical Question: Informed Consent

Abstract

Topics covered in CME guide are: 1) general principles of informed consent; 2) informed consent with patients without decision-making capacity; 3) public health concerns; 4) informed consent forms; 5) suggested readings and self assessment. Program participants are Bruce Gewertz, M.D., Vascular Surgeon, University of Chicago/Professor of Medicine and Dean of Medical Education, University of Chicago, Pritzer School of Medicine; Albert Jonsen, Ph.D., Professor of Ethics in Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA; Edmund D. Pellegrino, M.D., Director, Center for Clinical Bioethics, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC; Rhoda Pomeranz, M.D., Geriatrician, St. Joseph Hospital, Chicago, IL; Michael Preodor, M.D., Medical Director, Horizon Hospice, Chicago, IL.