Tag: professionalism
Blog Posts (2)
January 22, 2013
Rights Consciousness and Social Welfare Beneficence
Original commentary by BEI Young Professionals member Olivette Burton. A special tribute to Martin Luther King Jr. Bioethics and social work have much work to do. The timeliness of evaluating our society’s progress involving human rights, pover...April 3, 2012
Are Criminal Background Checks for Doctors Justified?
It is hard to determine which is more concerning: the fact that state medical boards are now doing background checks on their physicians or that prior experience suggests that they have to in order to protect public safety.…
Published Articles (3)
American Journal of Bioethics: Volume 6 Issue 2 - Mar 2006
A Defense of Unqualified Medical Confidentiality Kenneth Kipnis
American Journal of Bioethics: Volume 4 Issue 2 - Jun 2004
The Professionalism Movement: Can We Pause? Delese Wear
American Journal of Bioethics: Volume 4 Issue 3 - Sep 2004
Charles Barkley's Dilemma: A Response to ?The Professionalism Movement: Can We Pause?? by Delese Wear and Mark G. Kuczewski (AJOB 4:2) Howard Trachtman
News (1)
July 11, 2012 6:50 pm
Professionalism: Social media mishaps (CMAJ)
One of the primary reasons medical professionalism is lagging online is that the doctors who use social media the most are from a different generation than those who know the most about maintaining the reputation of the profession. “People who have a blog or are on Twitter and Facebook tend to be on the younger side. People with more wisdom about professional boundary issues tend to be on the older side. There is a bit of a gap there and a lack of training and mentorship in this area,” says Dr. David Brendel, a psychiatrist practising in the area of Boston, Massachusetts, and a sought-after educator on matters of medical ethics and professionalism (drdavidbrendel.com).