by Craig Klugman, Ph.D.

The film, “The Farewell” claims to be a movie “based on an actual lie”. Billi is a first generation Chinese-American twenty-something artist living in New York near her parents.…

by Craig Klugman, Ph.D.

New Amsterdam (Season 1; Episode 22): Max’s Impossible Choice<; Chicago Med (Season 4; Episode 21): Choosing between life and certain death

New Amsterdam (Season 1; Episode 22): Max’s Impossible Choice

Max Goodwin is at home resting from his chemotherapy after stepping down temporarily from his medical director position.…

Exploring ethical issues in medical dramas

The Resident (Season 2; Episode 23): Unrepresented patient and substance abuse; Chicago Med (Season 4; Episode 20): Violating a patient’s autonomy; organ trafficking

The Resident (Season 2; Episode 23): Unrepresented patient and substance abuse

A middle-aged man comes to the ER unable to speak and without ID.…

by Craig Klugman, Ph.D.

Exploring bioethical issues in television medical dramas

New Amsterdam (Season 1; Episode 19): Privatizing the VA; The Resident (Season 2; Episode 22): Organ buying; Grey’s Anatomy(Season 15; Episode 23): Insurance Fraud

New Amsterdam (Season 1; Episode 19): Privatizing the VA

A veteran has a stroke while driving and injures a police officer.…

by Craig Klugman, Ph.D.

Jump to The Resident (Seasons 2; Episode 20): Maternal mortality in black women; Jump to New Amsterdam (Season 1; Episode 18): Gestational surrogacy

The Resident (Season 2; Episode 20): Maternal mortality in black women

A young black family is in the OB ward for a C-section to deliver their second baby.…

by Craig Klugman, Ph.D.

Exploring the bioethical issues in medical dramas

Jump to New Amsterdam (Season 1; Episode 17): Crisis standards of care and decision-making; Jump to Station 19 (Season 2; Episode 13): POLST, DNR, and battery

New Amsterdam: (Season 1; Episode 17): Crisis standards of care and decision-making

In the midst of a storm isolating the hospital, without power or blood, Sharpe tells Max he has to decide which patients they will save.…

by Craig Klugman, Ph.D.

Jump to The Resident (Season 2; Episode 18): Durable Power of Attorney; Lying; Jump to The Resident (Season 2; Episode 19): Death and “Doing too much; Jump to Chicago Med (Season 4; Episode 17): Personal feelings; Jump to Chicago Med (Season 4; Episode 18): Abortion with a minor; leaving a surgery

The Resident (Season 2; Episode 18): Durable Power of Attorney; Lying

An 18-year-old female Olympic-hopeful has shortness of breath and calf pain.…

The Resident (Season 2; Episode 17)
Austin’s mentor, Abe, may have been shot in the chest. If he is saved, he may be able to identify who did it (or did he try suicide?).…

“Examining ethical issues in TV medical dramas”
Jump to The Resident (Season 2; Episode 16): Money corrupts, patient autonomy; Jump to The Good Doctor (Season 2; Episode 17): Reporting suspicions of abuse; Jump to New Amsterdam (Season 1; Episode 15): Committing fraud to live, Who protects the elderly

The Resident (Season 2; Episode 16): Money corrupts; patient autonomy

Henry’s mom wants to go public with the damage that the Qouvadis vagus nerve stimulator did to her son.…

Jump to The Good Doctor (Season 2; Episode 16): Faith, Patient’s know their body; Jump to Chicago Med (Season 4; Episode 16): Savior children, childhood cancer, autonomy, boundary crossings

The Good Doctor (Season 2; Episode 16): Faith, Patient’s know their body

A pastor is scheduled for two surgeries: (1) to fuse part of his spinal cord and (2) to remove a tumor.…