150413 MEDICAL ETHICS: AN INTRODUCTION

Presentation at the Rehabilitation Hospital KFMC on April 13, 2015 by Professor Omar Hasan Kasule MB ChB (MUK), MPH (Harvard), DrPH (Harvard)

Contents of the ethics program

·         Introduction to ethical theories and principles:

·         Professionalism,

·         Patient's rights and responsibilities

·         Start of life Issues

·         End of life issues:

·         Ethical issues in Research

Introduction to ethical theories and principles:

·         Ethical theory and principles

·         Clinical Ethics Consultation

·         How to resolve ethical issues in clinical practice?

Professionalism,

·         Dimensions of professionalism

·         Physician’s Professional Relationships and Duties

·         Relationship with the Pharmaceutical Industry and Conflict of Interest, 2d. Medical errors, medical malpractice.

Patient's rights and responsibilities

·         Autonomy and informed consent to treatment

·         Privacy and confidentiality

·         Disclosure and truth telling

Start of life Issues

·         Reproductive ethics

·         Ethical issues in human fertility

End of life issues:

·         Palliative Care Ethics for Terminally Ill Patients

·         End of life decisions

·         Solid Organ transplant and donation.

Ethical issues in Research

·         Ethical issues in clinical research

·         Ethical issues in public health research

·         Ethico-legal issues in grant writing and publication

·         The Institutional Review Board (IRB)

·         Conflicts of Interest

Public Health Ethics:

·         Ethics of public health and health promotion

·         Ethics of disasters and emergency medicine.

·         Resource allocation