Medical Decision Making in 2020 and Beyond

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Learning Objectives
Define the concept of justice and describe ways that COVID-19 impacts this concept
List Federal laws that establish our right to medical treatment and NJ Dept of Health Guidance on Allocation of Critical Resources
Define Paternalism and beneficence and examples of how it conflicts with other moral principles
Explain how the CCMC Code of Conduct is impacted by the 4 ethical principles.
Define the concept of autonomy and explain the concept of informed consent
Define decision making capacity and how it is distinctive from other capacities
Describe who determines decisional capacity and case manager's role in capacity determination
Describe 4 tools for prospective autonomy
Contrast what happens to clients with no legal documents who have family vs. those that have no one
Using case examples, discuss ways in which the 4 ethical conflicts conflict and strategies to reduce the conflicts