Emerging Topics in
Catholic Health Care Ethics Webinar Series 2
An Ethics Webinar Series Co-sponsored by the
Catholic Health Association in cooperation with
Georgetown University
Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics
Loyola University Chicago Neiswanger
Institute for Bioethics and Healthcare Leadership
Saint Louis University
Albert Gnaegi Center for Health Care Ethics
In our ongoing commitment to provide timely, relevant
information about emerging issues for Catholic health care, the Catholic Health
Association is offering a monthly series of webinars to address and clarify
critical ethical issues in caring for patients and families in Catholic
hospitals, long-term care facilities and medical centers
nationwide.
Each 45-minute session will examine the implications of a
specific critical issue in clinical and organizational ethics in the context of
Catholic Social Teaching and the Ethical and Religious Directives for
Catholic Health Care Services (ERDs).
Emerging Topics in Catholic
Health Care Ethics Series 2, Session 10:
Mapping the Ethical Terrain of Clinical Deception
Wednesday,
April 5, 2023
1:00 – 1:45 p.m.
ET
Co-sponsored by the Catholic Health Association in
cooperation with Saint Louis University Albert Gnaegi Center for Health Care
Ethics.
Session Description: A familiar tenet of
modern medical ethics is that clinicians ought not lie nor intentionally deceive
patients or patient family members. This blanket prescription, however, fails to
appreciate the fact that many real-world clinicians regularly encounter
situations that may call for the clinician to engage in acts of lying or
non-lying deception. Still, little work has been done to help clinicians and
ethicists recognize and consider the morally significant aspects of such acts.
This presentation will define deception, describe case scenarios where deception
may be ethically justifiable, and offer a more accurate and comprehensive
framework for navigating the complex moral terrain of clinical
deception.
For information about the Emerging Topics in Catholic
Health Care Ethics series of webinars click here.