Course curriculum

    1. Welcome to Clinical Ethics for Patient-Centered Care - Unit 4

    1. Learning Objectives & Sources

    2. Refusing Treatment

    3. Capacity for Decision-making

    4. Competency for Decision-making

    5. Pediatric Decision-making

    6. Delegation of Decision-making

    7. Assessment: Decision-making

    8. Optional - Guardianship

    1. Learning Objectives & Sources

    2. Surrogate Decision-making

    3. Best Interest Standard

    4. Substituted Judgement Standard

    5. Pure Autonomy Standard

    6. Surrogate Decision Making Scenario

    7. Assessment: Surrogate Decision-making

    1. Learning Objectives & Sources

    2. Advance Care Planning and Directives

    3. Durable Power of Attorney

    4. Living will

    5. Paternalism

    6. Withholding and Withdrawing Life-sustaining Treatment

    7. Artificial Nutrition and Hydration

    8. Do Not Resuscitate Orders

    9. Physician Order for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST)

    10. Assessment: ACP

    1. Learning Objectives & Sources

    2. Quality of Life

    3. Persistent Vegetative State (PVS)

    4. Medical Futility

    5. Brain Death and Uniform Determination of Death Act

    6. Assessment: Brain Death and PVS

    7. Optional - Nancy Cruzan Case

    8. Optional - Terri Marie Schiavo Case

    1. Learning Objectives & Sources

    2. Killing vs. Allowing to Die

    3. Palliative Sedation

    4. Death with Dignity Laws

    5. Physician Assisted Death (PAD)

    6. Euthanasia

    7. Assessment: Assisted Death

    8. Optional - Principle of Double Effect

    9. Optional - Jack Kevorkian

About this course

  • 43 lessons
  • 3.5 hours of video content