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Creating or Enhancing Ethics Programs Session. General reactions or questions to the presentation Do you have an ethics program? How effective is the program? If not, what do think about initiating an ethics program?. Summary. Take home points
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Creating or Enhancing Ethics Programs Session • General reactions or questions to the presentation • Do you have an ethics program? How effective is the program? • If not, what do think about initiating an ethics program?
Summary • Take home points • Clinical and organizational ethical conflicts occur frequently • Ethical conflicts affect patient care, staff, organizational culture, and costs • Responding to ethics challenges requires thoughtful, systematic reflection – applying ethics concepts and standards to the unique rural environment • Strategies to anticipate and decrease the occurrence of ethics conflicts should be considered • Identifying and using ethics resources can be useful • Any additional questions, comments or feedback? Training based on materials from Rural Health Care Ethics: A Manual for Trainers. WA Nelson and KE Schifferdecker, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH