View/watch the webinar (Why do we need clinical ethics at the first place?) by
Prof. Andrej as shown in below URL.
https://www.esicm.org/webinars/why-do-we-need-clinical-ethics-in-the-first-place/
This is an in-class assignment. You need to view until the end of 36 minutes of the video
so you can answer the following questions.
Q1: which of the following statements are accurate regarding the achievements and tasks of
clinical ethics?
a) Clinical ethics has helped clarify that the wishes of a patient and his narrative play an
important role regarding the extent of his medical treatment.
b) Human experimentation is scrutinized more thoroughly.
c) Clinical ethics has increased the quality of end-of-life care.
d) Clinical ethics has created and needs to maintain a counterbalance against an overly
technologic understanding of medical care.
Q2: Who can be the holder of the autonomy?
Q 3: What are the decision making processes?
Q 4: which of the following statements are accurate regarding clinical ethics?
a) Clinical ethics is a form of applied ethics.
b) Clinical ethics can exclusively be exerted by academic ethicists.
c) Clinical ethics notwithstanding, life-sustaining therapies are always indicated, as life
needs to be preserved at all times.
d) There is more than one basic ethics system, amongst others consequentialism and
deontology.
e) All medical specialties deal with ethical issues. Therefore, there is no need for a specific
field of “clinical ethics”.
Q 5: What clinical ethics has wrought?
Q 6: what are the points that you learned and would like to summarize (maximum 4 points)?
Sample Solution