Advance care planning and advance directives
Figure 1 Front page of North Carolina Medical Orders for Scope of Treatment (MOST) form Since several different kinds of documents are widely available to record and communicate plans for…
Abortion
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> 13 Abortion Case example Dr. Gold, an obstetrician-gynecologist, spends one day a week seeing patients at a rural clinic affiliated with the teaching hospital where she…
Maternal-fetal conflict
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> 14 Maternal-fetal conflict Case example Thirty-seven-year-old Mrs. Grant is twenty-four weeks pregnant. She has been visiting her obstetrician, Dr. Perez, regularly for prenatal care. Her routine…
Assisted reproductive technologies
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> 12 Assisted reproductive technologies Case example Thirty-year-old Mr. Edward Dawson, an investment manager in a large bank, collapses one afternoon in his office. His assistant immediately…
Resource stewardship
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> 11 Resource stewardship Case example Dr. Moore is a gastroenterologist working in a large multi-specialty private medical practice. One of his long-term patients is Father Nolan,…
Professionalism: responsibilities and privileges
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> 10 Professionalism: responsibilities and privileges Case example Dr. George Gayle has just completed the final stage in his formal medical training, a fellowship in medical oncology,…
Informed consent to treatment
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> 8 Informed consent to treatment Case example Fifty-seven-year-old Mr. Evans arrives at the Emergency Department of a large teaching hospital complaining of chest pain, cough, and…
Surrogate decision-making
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> 9 Surrogate decision-making Case example Ms. Tina Cartrette is a 28-year-old woman with severe intellectual disability (also known as cognitive disability or mental retardation). Ms. Cartrette…
Truthfulness
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> 7 Truthfulness Case example Twenty-two-year-old Annie was brought by friends to the ED of a small Virginia hospital. She fell while horseback riding, was kicked by…
Privacy and confidentiality
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> 6 Privacy and confidentiality Case example Dr. Adams is an emergency physician on duty during the early morning hours this Sunday in the Emergency Department (ED)…
