Office of Medical Education

Contemporary Ethical Issues in Clinical Medicine - Internal Medicine 

L3 Clerkships

 

12 weeks (Four Topics)

1. Medical Care for the Elderly – end of life, abuse, cost
2. Hospice Care
3. Right to Try
4. End of Life

 

Medical Care for the Elderly- end of life, elder abuse, cost of long term care:

• Read Family-Centered Decision Making from Virtual Mentor, June 2008 
  • http://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/2008/06/ccas1-0806.html
• Read Preventing and Detecting Elder Mistreatment from Virtual Mentor, June 2008 
  • http://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/2008/06/cprl2-0806.html
• Louisiana Laws on Elder Abuse:
  • Revised Statutes
    • RS 15:1504 Parts A & B - Mandatory reporting
    • RS 15:1505 - Agency to Receive Reporting
    • RS 14:403.2 - Abuse and Neglect of Adults
• Read The Strains and Drains of Long-Term Care from Virtual Mentor, June 2008 
  • http://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/2008/06/pfor1-0806.html
• Take Medical Care for the Elderly Quiz

 

Hospice Care

• Read Hospice Care Introduction
• Read CMS Hospice Payment System
• Read Policy Prescritpion for Hospice Care
• Take Hospice Quiz

Right To Try

• Read LRS 40:1169.1-1169.5 (Right to Try Act)
• Read Right To Try Laws 
• Read Right to Try Legistlation - AHLA
• Take Right To Try Quiz

End of Life

• Read End of Life Conversation Starter Kit by The Conversation Project
• Take End of Life Quiz

Conscience In Health Care

• Read LRS 40:1061.20. (Conscience In Heath Care)
• Take Conscience In Health Care Quiz