“Exploring ethical issues in TV medical dramas”

by Craig Klugman, Ph.D.

The Good Doctor (Season 3; Episode 11): Anesthesia and addiction; the limits of compassion; The Resident (Season 3; Episode 12): Dying (or not) on your own terms; Suing patients for medical debt; Chicago Med (Season 5; Episode 11): Quid pro quo—switched embryos, safe injection sites; surrogate withdrawal of life support

The Good Doctor (Season 3; Episode 11): Anesthesia and addiction; the limits of compassion

Carrie is a patient who arrives with a complicated leg fracture after falling while mountain biking.…

“Exploring ethical issues in TV medical dramas”

The Resident (Season 3; Episode 11): Keeping information from patients; Capitalism and medicine do not mix; Chicago Med (Seasons 5, Episode 10): Doctors and the opioid epidemic; different approaches to treating patients

by Craig Klugman, Ph.D.…

by Craig Klugman, Ph.D.

The Resident (Season 3; Episode 10): Padding stats, gaming the system, losing perspective

During brain surgery, an 89-year-old white male with advanced dementia starts “breaking down”.…

by Craig Klugman, Ph.D.

The start of the winter holidays means winter hiatus for many shows. This week only one show dealt with bioethical issues.…

by Craig Klugman, Ph.D.

The Good Doctor (Season 3; Episode 8): Dying alone; Chicago Med (Season 5; Episode 9): Bizarre DNRs, Consent is a process

The Good Doctor (Season 3; Episode 8): Dying alone

A world-famous leukemia oncologist lands in the hospital with occlusion to her coronary arteries and a damaged left side of her heart.…

by Craig Klugman, Ph.D.

The Resident (Season 3; Episode 6): Gambling on patients and dangerous surgeries; New Amsterdam (Season 2; Episode 8): Unrelieved pain; Making promises; Chicago Med (Season 5; Episode 8): Assent/Consent, Medical decision-making by internet vote, not treating family, creating a public health threat

The Resident (Season 3; Episode 6): Gambling on patients and dangerous surgeries

During a high stakes game of poker, Cain wins a chronic spinal patient in a poker game.…

The Good Doctor (Season 3; Episode 6):Risky Choices; The Resident (Season 3; Episode 5): Reporting a drunk pilot; Leaving AMA; New Amsterdam (Season 2: Episode 7): Medical Errors; Chicago Med (Season 5; Episode 7): Subverted capacity; Confidentiality with a military experiment subject; Greys Anatomy (Season 16; Episode 7): When personal feelings interfere with medical judgement;

The Good Doctor (Season 3; Episode 6): Risky Choices

A pregnant woman has an abdominal tumor and is in the hospital to have it removed.…

by Craig Klugman, Ph.D.

New Amsterdam (Season 2: Episode 6): Lying; Inherent bias; Chicago Med (Season 5; Episode 6): Excusing battery; Jehovah’s Witness and blood transfusion; Be yourself or maintain health

New Amsterdam (Season 2: Episode 6): Lying; Inherent bias

A girls trip to New York ends up in the ED with the women injured in accident.…

New Amsterdam (Season 2; Episode 5): Inconstant insurance policies; Negotiating with patients; Chicago Med (Season 5; Episode 5): Battery; Broken Promises

by Craig Klugman, Ph.D.…

by Craig Klugman, Ph.D.

The Resident (Season 3; Episode 4): Hubris and Assault; New Amsterdam (Season 2; Episode 4): Taking medicine to the streets, assisted suicide, lead poisoning

The Resident (Season 3; Episode 4): Hubris and Assault

Hades is a social media white supremacist celebrity comes in with a headache and a history of brain arteriovenous malformation (AVM).…