Physician wellness (or lack thereof) impacts physicians, patients, and our care delivery systems at large.  This session will consider the interplay between legal and ethical considerations surrounding physician wellness and how they can function as both protective safety nets and tangled webs for the unwary.  We will explore many sources and approaches to law and ethics in this context, such as professional licensure and discipline, the ethical codes of industry associations, broader moral theories such as principlism, statutory protections for patients and employees, criminal law, clinical standards of care, privileging/credentialing, and contractual obligations.

 

Bioethics and Medical Humanities Grand Rounds provides a monthly forum for teaching participants to resolve cases based on the best ethical practices. Bioethics and Medical Humanities Grand Rounds also provides information on any legislative changes that occur so that clinicians are ready to implement them. The Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities is the only clinical ethics center in Wisconsin. The faculty are leaders in clinical ethics and set the agenda for clinical ethics practice in Southeastern Wisconsin.

 

Key Words: Bioethics, Clinical Ethics, Health Care Ethics, Medical Ethics, Medical Humanities