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LEARNER OBJECTIVES
At the completion of this chapter, the learner will be able to:
1. Describe the ethical principles and correlating professional
obligations
related to the practice of gastroenterology.
2. Describe the ethical issues related to the following:
a. Organ transplants
b. Responsibility of physicians in Canada
c. Professional competence versus safety of procedure
d. Invasive diagnostic procedures
e. Life support measures that provide nutrition
f. Role of clinical trials and medical research
LEARNER WORKBOOK
EXERCISE 1
1. The change from a classical paternalistic to a modern
participatory
patient-doctor relationship has
significantly altered the pattern of medical
practice and will continue to change as we
move into the 21st century.
Briefly describe the factors which influence
these changes.
2. Gastroenterologists share common ethical principles with and
encounter
problems similar to those faced by other
physicians. As a result they
apply general medical ethical principles to
specific areas of their activities.
Briefly discuss the ethical issues as
related to:
a. organ transplants
b. invasive diagnostic procedures
c. life support measures, including nutrition
d. medical research, including clinical trials
Answer (organ transplants: p75, paragraph 3,
4, 5; invasive diagnostic procedures: p76, paragraph 5, 6, 7, 8;
life support measures: p76, paragraph 9, p77, paragraph 1, 2, 3;
medical research: p76, paragraph 4, 5, 6 & p78)
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