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A-23: Dignity, Death, and Patient Care

Learning Objectives
1. Review the varied meanings of dignity as it relates to care at the end of life
2. Review and promote the integration of palliative medicine and hospice into the treatment of advanced illness for seniors
3. Distinguish between euthanasia, physician-assisted suicide, medical aid in dying, palliative sedation, the rule of double effect, and the forgoing of life-sustaining treatments
4. Evaluate arguments for and against permitting physicians to assist patients to end their lives by medical means
1 Credit CME

Medical ethicists have long argued for a patient-centered approach to health care. Hospice and palliative care professionals have played a leading role in this movement advocating for collaborative, coordinated, and accessible care for those at the end of their lives, with a focus on respecting the dignity of dying patients. In this session, we will explore whether “medical aid in dying” (i.e. euthanasia and assisted suicide) are consistent with the goal of providing patient-centered care that upholds the dignity of the patient at the end of life.

This is a live event that will occur on the date and time indicated above. To add this event to your calendar, select your preferred email provider and proceed with event registration. If you cannot attend the live event, an on- demand recording will be available.

This event offers free CME credit to AMA members only.

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Activity Information

CME Disclosure Statement: Unless noted, all individuals in control of content reported no relevant financial relationships.

If applicable, all relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.

Credit Designation Statement: The American Medical Association designates this Other activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to:

  • 1.00 Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program;

  • 1.00 Self-Assessment points in the American Board of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery's (ABOHNS) Continuing Certification program;

  • 1.00 MOC points in the American Board of Pediatrics' (ABP) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program; and

  • 1.00 Lifelong Learning points in the American Board of Pathology's (ABPath) Continuing Certification program;

  • 1.00 Lifelong Learning points in the American Board of Surgery's (ABS) Continuing Certification program

It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting MOC credit.

AMA CME Accreditation Information

Credit Designation Statement: The American Medical Association designates this Other activity for a maximum of 1.00  AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to:

  • 1.00 Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program;;
  • 1.00 Self-Assessment points in the American Board of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery’s (ABOHNS) Continuing Certification program;
  • 1.00 MOC points in the American Board of Pediatrics’ (ABP) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program;
  • 1.00 Lifelong Learning points in the American Board of Pathology’s (ABPath) Continuing Certification program; and
  • 1.00 credit toward the CME [and Self-Assessment requirements] of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program

It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting MOC credit.

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