4: End-of-Life Care Series - What Do You Get When You Cross a Health System Chief Legal Counsel With a Top-Notch Bio-ethicist? A Discussion on the Complexities of Surrogate Health Care Decisions

Dec 23, 2020

CME CREDIT IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE FOR THIS EPISODE

Join Dr. Gerry Clancy and his guests, Dr. Lauris Kaldjian and Mr. Joseph Clamon, as they discuss the legal and ethical complexities of surrogate health care decisions.

Gerard Clancy, MD, Senior Associate Dean for External Affairs and Professor of Psychiatry, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine

Lauris Kaldjian, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Ethicist, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine

Joseph Clamon, JD, Associate Vice President for Legal Affairs, University of Iowa Health Care

Educational Objectives - After listening to this podcast, learners should be able to:

1. Recognize when a clinical scenario may require a surrogate health care decision assignment.
2. Translate increases in the need for use of surrogate decision makers with changes in US demographics, increases in life expectancy, and the impact of COVID-19 on vulnerable individuals.
3. Apply new knowledge of the surrogate decision process to scenarios when legal counsel, ethics boards, and psychiatric consultation may be helpful.

Date Recorded: 11/24/2020