Facing Ethical Challenges; Dealing with Outcomes: Stories from the Field
Description
In this second of three sessions on ethical dilemmas in public health practice, Harvey Kayman will address real stories from public health professionals in the field of scenarios demonstrating ethical dilemmas they’ve encountered. Audience members will be invited to vote or comment on how they think the struggle should be resolved. Dr. Kayman will also present a protocol that public health professionals might use or adapt to guide decision-making during crises, including recommendations adapted from FEMA independent study program #241: “Decision-making and problem-solving.”
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Presenter
Harvey Kayman, MD, MPH, comes from a small town in Louisiana, and was educated at Cornell University, the University of Chicago, Columbia University, University of California Berkeley, and University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. After 25 years of pediatric practice with the Kaiser Permanente Medical Group, and 14 years as chief of patient education in the Fremont, California Kaiser clinic, he became a Public Health Officer; first as a district health director, then as director of maternal and child health for South Carolina, followed by work in emergency preparedness for California. More recently, Dr. Kayman designed and taught a course called Ethics and Public Health in an Age of Catastrophe at the University of South Carolina and then at the University of California Berkeley.
Learner Objectives
By the end of this session participants will be able to:
- List and describe public health ethical principles and an ethical framework to resolve moral tensions disasters might bring up
- Explain how the scenarios presented illustrate how the framework and principles can be used
- Develop methods to make decisions with collaborators in the midst of a disaster
Target Audience
This session would be appropriate for the following audiences:
- Local and state public health practitioners and leaders
- Public health nursing leaders
- Local and state emergency management staff
- Community collaborators, including law enforcement, faith-based organizations, and political representatives
- Community stakeholders, including tribal peoples, the business community, and educators
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