New ACPE book! So you're on the ethics committee?* The perfect primer for physicians struggling with today's ethical dilemmas An ethical dilemma is a situation that will often involve an apparent conflict between moral imperatives, in which to obey one would result in transgressing another. This is also called an ethical paradox * Learn the differences between yesterday's ethics and those you and your fellow physicians must adhere to adhere to verb 1. follow, keep, maintain, respect, observe, be true, fulfil, obey, heed, keep to, abide by, be loyal, mind, be constant, be faithful 2. today. * Includes case studies and examples of how an ethics committee ethics committee A multidisciplinary hospital body composed of a broad spectrum of personnel–eg, physicians, nurses, social workers, priests, and others, which addresses the moral and ethical issues within the hospital. See DNR, Institutional review board. should function Also includes CD featuring more than a dozen Ethical Aspects columns written by Dr. Thompson for The Physician Executive. Every member of your ethics committee should read this book! $35 Members, $55 Non-Members To order your copy visit ACPE ACPE Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education ACPE American Council on Pharmaceutical Education ACPE American College of Physician Executives ACPE Association for Clinical Pastoral Education, Inc. .org/Publications [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] By Richard E. Thompson, MD |
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