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Internal Medicine: Access to Care for Undocumented Immigrants - Scheduled vs Emergent Dialysis
- What are the ethical principles of Autonomy, Justice, Beneficence, Non-maleficence?
- Case Discussion 1: Scheduled dialysis
- Case Discussion 2: Emergent dialysis
- What are the demographics of undocumented immigrants?
- What are barriers to care for undocumented immigrants?
- What are health care policies relevant to emergent vs scheduled dialysis.
- What are alternatives to emergent dialysis?
- Why is this relevant to the Parkland population (Dallas County Hospital)?
- Is there research to support scheduled over emergent dialysis in a safety net hospital?
Pediatrics: Shared Medical Decision Making
- What is shared decision making?
- Why do we need shared decision making?
- How does shared decision making relate to the 4 ethical principles of beneficence, nonmaleficence, justice, and autonomy?
- How does shared decision making work in pediatrics?
- Principles of informed consent and informed consent by proxy
- Basis for parental authority
- Harm principle vs Best Interest principle
- Conditions for justified state interference with parental decision-making
- Case Discussion 1: Parental Decision to Withhold Chemotherapy
- Case Discussion 2: Assessment of Autonomy in Pediatric Gender Affirming Care
