Resolving the Ethical Dilemma: A Clinician's Perspective
What is a clinician to do when they have a patient who continues to receive treatment when a plateau has been reached? The ethical dilemma “To Plateau and Profit or Release and Replace” is a uniquely original but real clinicians occasionally face. The phrasing of this dilemma and course were developed by Lawrence Howard DAc to explore clinical ethics. The course is to assist clinicians navigate between moral and illegal.
This course is clinician-centered and explores ethics from an academic, clinical and pragmatic perspectives. The goal is to explore and help clinicians preserve their ethical integrity and repel “burnout”.
NCCAOM Pda's (ethics): 2
Define Terms in Ethics
The subtleties of meaning are explored to distinguish ethical terms from their colloquial usage. What is the difference between a "problem" and a "dilemma"?
Methodically Resolve Ethical Dilemmas
Resolve an ethical dilemma and explain the rationale for various iterations of "to plateau and profit or release and replace" the patient who stopped progressing.
Avoid Burnout
Identify the signs and symptoms of burnout.