The presentation will entail an overview of informed consent and advanced directives, patient confidentiality, potential conflicts of interest, the issue of performing within the scope of individual competency, avoiding discrimination in clinical care, avoiding fraud and other key ethical considerations in the practice of respiratory care.
Original webcast date: July 23, 2008
Approved for 1.0 CRCE Hour
**Please note that all programs require the participant to view the entire program prior to taking the final quiz and obtaining a course certificate.**
- Differentiate between breaches of law and breaches of ethics
- Resolve to safeguard patient privacy
- Embrace the importance of the assurance of ongoing competency
- List the three elements implicit in a fraud case
- Differentiate between a living will and a durable power of attorney as instruments of advance directive