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January 27
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Practicing Medicine on the Newly Dead
Is it ethically permissible to use newly dead patients for practicing medical procedures such as intubation and placing central lines?
And if so, do such procedures require consent?
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Arnold Gass, MD
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February 24
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Truth or Consequences:
Should the Doctor Always Tell?
Is a physician ethically bound to observe medical confidentiality when her HIV- positive patient refuses to disclose a confirmed test result to his wife?
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Larry Schneiderman, MD
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March 23
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Spring break - no meeting
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April 27
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Genetic Disease and Family Members:
Is the physician obligated to tell?
Do physicians have a duty to disclose to their patient's relatives the existence of (serious) inherited disease?
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Len Deftos
MD, JD, LLM
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May 25
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Pharmaceutical Marketing: Ethical Issues for Doctors, Safety Issues for Patients
As marketing trends have led to the development of more and more drugs at "one-size-fits-all" doses, many people may be placed at risk.
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Jay Cohen, MD
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June 22
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End of life decisions: Who decides?
Do physicians and nursing staff have an ethical obligation to intervene in family conflicts over treatment decisions?
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Arnold Gass, MD
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July 27
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Science in Whose Interest?
What do scientists and others need to know about the financial interests behind funded research?
If financial disclosure is required, why not other interests?
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Michael Kalichman, PhD
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August
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Summer break - no meeting
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September 28
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Medical Education: Residency Hours
What potential impact do residency work hour regulations set and enforced by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) have on medical training and patient care?
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Shawn Harrity, MD
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October 26
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Clinician and Researcher:
Conflicts of Interest When Clinicians Recruit Their Patients to Join Clinical Research Trials
Is it a betrayal of trust to “persuade” one’s patients' to participate in clinical trials?
Do physicians have a duty to participate in some way in clinical research?
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Carlos J. Carrera, MD
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November 23
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End of Life Care:
The Case of an Elderly Breast Cancer Patient
Does end of life care that potentially deviates from the norm require reports to the board of medicine?
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Bryan Liang
MD, JD, PhD |
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December
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Winter break - no meeting
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