Course Description
When Death The Unspoken Speaks: Bioethical Issues and End-of-Life Decisions explores two different approaches to medical ethics—one based on the application of ethical principles to individual cases, the other based on case-by-case analysis. Practitioners will consider how we can use medical ethics in the formulation of health policy. Moreover, attention will be given to the following: the role of social workers as mediators when there is a difference of opinion between doctor and patient; and ways to support and facilitate patient self-determination.
Course Outline
Course Title: When Death The Unspoken Speaks: Bioethical Issues and
End-of-Life Decisions
Instructors: Trélan Nicole Holder, MS, LCSW
Terri-Ann O’Sullivan, MS, LCSW, CCRN
Contact Hours/CEUs: 4-Hours
Format: Online Self-Study Course (Text-based Readings and Videos)
Process: Register and pay for course. Read content online.
Pass online post-test and print certificate of completion. Registrants
can access course for 2 years from date of registration.
Learning Objectives
- Define Health according to the World Health Organization (WHO)
- Review the origins of Bioethics
- Identify the emergent issues of Bioethics
- Identify the philosophical and health management issues facing End- of-Life care
- Identify and consider the proverbial questions and challenges presented by medical innovations
- Consider the ethical challenges
- Identify and define four (4) key principles of medical ethics (patient autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence, distributive justice).
- Identify the seven (7) Stages of Bioethics Mediation (Assessment and preparation, Beginning the Mediation, Presenting and Refining the Medical Facts, Gathering Information, Problem-solving, Resolution, Follow-up).
- Consider the role of social workers as mediators in the healthcare setting
Course Features
- Lectures 59
- Quizzes 8
- Duration Lifetime access
- Skill level All levels
- Language English
- Students 12
- Certificate Yes
- Assessments Yes
Curriculum
- 10 Sections
- 59 Lessons
- Lifetime
- Module 1: Course Overview and Pre-Test3
- Module 2: Socio-Cultural IssuesCultural Influences5
- Module 3: Psychoanalytic PerspectivesWoking With The Dying9
- 3.1Psychoanalytic Perspectives5 Minutes
- 3.2Sigmund Freud5 Minutes
- 3.3Erik Erikson- Childhood and Society: Eight Ages of Man (1950)5 Minutes
- 3.4Herman Feifel-The Meaning of Death5 Minutes
- 3.5Elisabeth Kubler-Ross5 Minutes
- 3.6Diagram: Stages of Grief5 Minutes
- 3.7Psychodynamic Approach: Working with The Dying5 Minutes
- 3.8Video: Lenore’s Story5 Minutes
- 3.9Video Reflection: Lenore’s Story5 Minutes
- Module 4: MedicalizationThanatology, Cure At All Cost, Case Reviews10
- 4.1Medicalization5 Minutes
- 4.2Science: Thanatology5 Minutes
- 4.3The Great Debate: Controversial Issues5 Minutes
- 4.4Video: Kevorkian’s Thanatron5 Minutes
- 4.5Euthanasia5 Minutes
- 4.6How We Die5 Minutes
- 4.7Cure At All Cost5 Minutes
- 4.8Exercise 1: Read & Reflect: Ms. M Case Study5 Minutes
- 4.9Video: Jahi McMath (2014)5 Minutes
- 4.10Module 4: Review Questions10 Minutes2 Questions
- Module 5: Advance Health Care PlanningAdvance Directives6
- Module 6: Availability & QualityPalliative and Hospice Care5
- Module 7: BioethicsAn Introduction to Medical Ethics6
- Module 8: Ethical DecisionsCase Analysis4
- Module 9: Quality of DeathDeath With Dignity9
- 9.1Quality of Death5 Minutes
- 9.2Quality of Death Determinants5 Minutes
- 9.3Quality of Death Index5 Minutes
- 9.4Application of Medical Ethics5 Minutes
- 9.5Exercise 1: Read and Reflect Article: Terri Schiavo5 Minutes
- 9.6Death With Dignity5 Minutes
- 9.7Video: How To Die In Oregon (Movie Trailer)5 Minutes
- 9.8Cody’s Story5 Minutes
- 9.9Video Reflection: How To Die In Oregon: Story of Randy Stroup5 Minutes
- Module 10: Bioethics Mediation10
- 10.1Bioethics Mediation5 Minutes
- 10.2Mediation5 Minutes
- 10.3Exercise 1: Case Study – The Isolated Wife5 Minutes
- 10.4Conclusion: Video: Seize The Day – Story of Brittany Maynard5 Minutes
- 10.5Module Review Question10 Minutes1 Question
- 10.6Resources5 Minutes
- 10.7Resources & Services5 Minutes
- 10.8References5 Minutes
- 10.9Course Survey : When Death The Unspoken Speaks: Quality vs. Quantity10 Minutes10 Questions
- 10.10Post-Test: When Death The Unspoken Speaks: Bioethical Issues and End-of-Life Decisions10 Minutes10 Questions