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healthcare information and
CONTINUING EDUCATION.
Making medical ethics decisions, concerns about patient confidentiality, consent, competency, potential liability, treatment costs, and family wishes often are compounded by the conflicting demands of the government, the judiciary, healthcare providers, and patients.
Medical Ethics Advisor focuses on these issues so you can understand how biological, legal, financial, and moral viewpoints interrelate and shape the decision-making you encounter in your practice. Click here to see all recently published issues/articles from Medical Ethics Advisor.
Medical Ethics Advisor Covers:
Click here to see all recently published issues/articles from Medical Ethics Advisor.
Faculty
Physician Editor:
Arthur R. Derse, MD, JD
Director and Professor
Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities
Institute for Health and Society
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Nurse Planner:
Susan Solverson, BSN, RN, CMSRN,
Grafton, WI
Editorial Advisory Board:
Kay Ball, PhD, RN, CNOR, CMLSO, FAAN
Consultant/Educator
Adjunct Professor, Nursing
Otterbein University
Westerville, OH
John D. Banja, PhD
Professor, Department
of Rehabilitation Medicine
Medical Ethicist, Center for Ethics
Emory University
Atlanta
Monica R. Chmielewski, JD
Partner
Foley & Lardner, LLP
Chicago
J. Vincent Guss, Jr., DMin, BCC
Clinical Ethicist/Bioethics Professor
Georgetown University
School of Medicine
Washington, DC
Marc D. Hiller, DrPH
Associate Professor
Department of Health
Management and Policy
University of New Hampshire
Durham, NH
James Riddle, MCSE, CIP, CPIA, CRQM
Vice President
Institutional Services and Strategic Consulting
Advarra
Columbia,MD
Objectives:
Target Audience
This activity is intended for acute care physicians, chiefs of medicine, hospital administrators, nurse managers, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, social workers, members of ethics committees, IRB members, and chaplains.
Accreditation and Credit Designation:
In support of improving patient care, Relias LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Relias LLC designates this enduring material for a maximum of 2 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (24 per year). Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
2 ANCC contact hours will be awarded to participants who meet the criteria for successful completion (24 per year).
California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider CEP#13791.
Expiration
This activity is in effect for 36 months from the date of the publication.
Instructions For Participation
Physicians and nurses participate in this CME/CE activity by reading the issues, using the provided references for further research and studying the questions at the end of each issue. Participants will then be directed to a website, where they will complete an online assessment to show what they've learned. They must score 100 on the assessment in order to complete the activity, but they are allowed to answer the questions multiple times if needed. After they have successfully completed the assessment and an evaluation, they will receive their credit letter.