Program Description: 

We will discuss some of the ethical debates that have occurred over the last five decades regarding living organ donors. Is removing an organ from a healthy person to benefit another a violation of the fundamental precept to "do no harm?"  Are there ethical ways to increase the supply of organs?  Are current practices for screening potential living donors ethically appropriate?  To do this, Martha Gershun will tell the story of her decision to donate a kidney to a stranger and discuss what she learned in the process of donating. John Lantos will put Martha's experience in historical and ethical context. 

 

 

Target audience: 
  • Physicians
Learning objectives: 

Participants who engage in this educational intervention will be able to:

  • Understand the ways that doctors' and policymakers' skepticism about the motives of living organ donors shaped current practices in evaluation of such donors
  • Analyze different approaches to increasing the supply of organs for donation
  • Appreciate barriers faced by living kidney donors and possible ways to reduce or eliminate those barriers.

 

Faculty & credentials: 

Speakers:

John Lantos, MD
Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City
Director, Bioethics Center, Children's Mercy, Kansas City

Martha Gershun, MBA
Writer, consultant, living organ donor


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Kris Tym

ACCME Accreditation Statement:

The Medical College of Wisconsin is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

AMA Credit Designation Statement:

The Medical College of Wisconsin designates this 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.

Hours of Participation for Allied Health Care Professionals:

The Medical College of Wisconsin designates this activity for up to 1.00 hours of participation for continuing education for allied health professionals. 

Nurse Practitioner:

The Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc. is approved as a provider of nurse practitioner continuing education by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners: AANP Provider Number 150930. This program has been approved for up to 1.00 contact hours of continuing education (which includes 1.00 hours of pharmacology). Nurse Practitioners should claim only those hours actually spent participating in the CME activity.

Session date: 
01/18/2022 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm CST
Location: 
Virtual
Milwaukee, WI 53226
United States
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
    AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
  • 1.00 Hours of Participation
    Hours of Participation credit.

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