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CME

Stewardship of Health Care Resources: Allocating Mechanical Ventilators During Pandemic Influenza

  • Authors: Jeffrey T. Berger, MD; Michele Mathes, JD
  • CME Released: 2/28/2013; Reviewed and Renewed: 3/10/2017
  • THIS ACTIVITY HAS EXPIRED FOR CREDIT
  • Valid for credit through: 3/10/2018
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Target Audience and Goal Statement

This article is intended for primary care physicians, emergency medicine specialists, critical care specialists, and other physicians who will respond to a public health emergency.

The goal of this activity is to evaluate ethical and practical issues of stewardship of healthcare resources.

Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

  1. Evaluate ethical issues associated with public health emergencies
  2. Analyze who should provide triage for limited life-saving health resources
  3. Distinguish criteria which might be ethically acceptable in providing triage for limited life-saving health resources


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Authors

  • Jeffrey T. Berger, MD

    American College of Physicians Ethics, Professionalism and Human Rights Committee; Associate Professor of Medicine, Stony Brook University School of Medicine, Stony Brook, New York; Director of Clinical Ethics; Chief, Section of Hospice and Palliative Medicine; Medical Director, Palliative Care Consultation Service, Winthrop University Hospital, Mineola, New York

    Disclosures

    Disclosure: Jeffrey T. Berger, MD, has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.

  • Michele Mathes, JD

    Senior Associate, Center for Ethics and Professionalism, American College of Physicians, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Disclosures

    Disclosure: Michele Mathes, JD, has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.

Editor

  • Lois Snyder Sulmasy, JD

    Director, Center for Ethics and Professionalism, American College of Physicians, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Disclosure: Lois Snyder Sulmasy, JD, has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.

CME Author

  • Charles P. Vega, MD

    Associate Professor and Residency Director, Department of Family Medicine, University of California-Irvine, Irvine

    Disclosures

    Disclosure: Charles P. Vega, MD, has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.

CME Reviewer

  • Nafeez Zawahir, MD

    CME Clinical Director, Medscape, LLC

    Disclosures

    Disclosure: Nafeez Zawahir, MD, has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.


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CME

Stewardship of Health Care Resources: Allocating Mechanical Ventilators During Pandemic Influenza

Authors: Jeffrey T. Berger, MD; Michele Mathes, JDFaculty and Disclosures
THIS ACTIVITY HAS EXPIRED FOR CREDIT

CME Released: 2/28/2013; Reviewed and Renewed: 3/10/2017

Valid for credit through: 3/10/2018

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Editor's Note: This case study has been developed by the American College of Physicians under a Putting the Charter into Practice grant from the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation.

Introduction

This case is one in a series of case studies with commentaries by the American College of Physicians' Ethics, Professionalism and Human Rights Committee and the Center for Ethics and Professionalism. The series uses hypothetical examples to elaborate on controversial or subtle aspects of issues not addressed in detail in the College's Ethics Manual, the Physician Charter on Professionalism, or other College position statements. The sixth edition of the Ethics Manual, the Professionalism Charter, and additional College policy on ethics, professionalism, and human rights issues are available at http://www.acponline.org/ethics/ethics_man.htm or by contacting the Center for Ethics and Professionalism at 215-351-2839.

JC Duffy, illustrator

Table of Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Case History
  3. Commentary
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