Continuing education in ethical decision making using case studies from medical social work.
Medical social workers have needs for training in ethics that is specific to dilemmas that arise while providing service to patients who are very ill, mentally compromised, or in a terminal condition. A social work department developed a continuing education training to educate social workers in bioethics related to determining decisional capacity and understanding standards of ethical decision making. Case studies are used to illustrate ethical conflicts and the role of social workers in resolving them. The benefits of case study training are discussed.
a Harborview Medical Center , Seattle , Washington , USA.
Andrew J
AJ
McCormick
Patti
P
Stowell-Weiss
Jennifer
J
Carson
Gerald
G
Tebo
Inga
I
Hanson
Bianca
B
Quesada
D024362:Advance Directive Adherence / Q000941:ethics; D001675:Bioethics / Q000193:education*; D003657:Decision Making / Q000941:ethics*; D004496:Education, Continuing; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016743:Mental Competency / Q000592:standards*; D015205:Northwestern United States; D010564:Personnel, Hospital / Q000193:education / Q000941:ethics; D019727:Proxy; D012947:Social Work / Q000193:education* / Q000941:ethics*; D014193:Trauma Centers / Q000941:ethics; D016312:Treatment Refusal / Q000941:ethics; D000078329:Workforce