Eugene C. Toy - Case Files Medical Ethics and Professionalism

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To my wife Terri Ruth, with whom we celebrate 30 wonderful years of marriage this July (2015). You have been an unwavering support all these years and shown everyone around you the essence of professionalism, highest ethical practice, and compassion. You have made me a better doctor and person. You are my best friend.

ECT

For my parents who always told me I could do anything.

SR

With deep gratitude to my mentors and teachers in medical ethics.

TIC

Section I
Approach to Ethics, Professionalism, and Jurisprudence in Medicine

Section II
Ethics Cases

Section III
Clinical Cases

Anitra Beasley, MD, MPH

Associate Residency Program Director

Assistant Director, Ryan Residency Program in Family Planning

Assistant Professor

Division of Gynecologic and Obstetric Specialists

Division of Health Law and Policy

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, Texas

Medical Intervention Against Patients Will

Jennifer Bercaw-Pratt, MD

Clerkship Director

Assistant Professor

Division of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, Texas

Confidentiality

David Brendel, MD, PhD

Leading Minds Executive & Personal Coaching

Belmont, Massachusetts

Social Media Ethics

Rebecca Weintraub Brendel, MD, JD

Director, Masters Degree Program in Bioethics

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Harvard Medical School

Massachusetts General Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts

Jurisprudence

Gizelle Brooks-Carter, MD

Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Weill Cornell Medical College

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Houston Methodist Hospital

Houston, Texas

Prescribing for Friends and Family Members

Stephen D. Brown, MD

Assistant Professor of Radiology

Boston Childrens Hospital and Harvard Medical School

Institute for Professionalism and Ethical Practice

Boston Childrens Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts

Communicating Bad News

Thomas I. Cochrane, MD, MBA

Assistant Professor of Neurology

Harvard Medical School

Associate Neurologist, Senior Ethics Consultant

Brigham and Womens Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts

Futility

Informed Consent

Physician-Assisted Suicide

End-of-Life Ethics

Withholding Life Support

Jennifer DiPace, MD

Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics