Course Description

PART 1  MEDICAL FUTILITY/ETHICS

Ethics of End-of-Life Care

A Typical American Death

Evolution of Futile Treatment

The Futility Debate

PART 2  LEGAL ISSUES

Patients' Rights:
Landmark Legal Cases

Legal & Legislative Efforts

Advance Care Planning: Surrogacy & the Living Will

PART 3  SPECIAL CLINICAL SITUATIONS

Dementia

Persistent Vegetative State /Brain Death/Organ Donation

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

Feeding Tubes

CME Questions

End of Life Treatment Options/Pain Management

Terminal Analgesia & Sedation

Road to a Better Death

Think Hospice/Quality of Life

When to Think Hospice

Compassionate Conversations

Religious & Cultural Support

The Physician's Role

PART 5  CASE EXAMPLES

Examples & CME Questions