“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.…

by Keisha Ray, Ph.D.

“One Day at a Time” is the best show on Netflix you aren’t watching. It focuses on an intergenerational Cuban family living in Los Angeles, California.…

“Examining ethical issues in TV medical dramas”

Jump to The Resident (Season 2; Episode 15): Insurance Fraud and Endangering Patients in Pursuit of Profit; Jump to The Good Doctor (Season 2; Episode 15): The Risk of Looking, Pediatric Decision-Making; Jump to Chicago Med (Season 4; Episode 15): Racism

The Resident (Season 2; Episode 15): Insurance Fraud and Endangering Patients in Pursuit of Profit

Milo Trainor comes to the ED with severe backpain.…

by Craig Klugman, Ph.D.

“Examining ethical issues in TV medical dramas”

Jump to The Resident (Season 2; Episode 14): Catastrophic Health Plans; Jump to Chicago Med (Season 4; Episode 14): Above the Call of Duty, Tough Choices in Opioid Epidemic, What is Right is Not Always Clear

The Resident (Season 2; Episode 14): Catastrophic Health Plans

Andre and Otto are a middle-aged gay couple.…

by Craig Klugman, Ph.D.

Jump to The Resident (Season 2; Episode 13): A risky organ transplant; Jump to The Good Doctor (Season 2; Episode 14):Face Transplant; Jump to Chicago Med (Season 4; Episode 13): Suspecting the worst; HIV safety or stigmatization; Suspicion and stealing from patients; Jump to Greys Anatomy (Season 15; Episode 12): Removing Dying Patient’s Autonomy

The Resident (Season 2; Episode 13): A risky organ transplant

Eloise is a third year medical student in need of a double lung transplant as a result of her cystic fibrosis.…

by Craig Klugman, Ph.D.

This week was a quiet one as many regular dramas were pre-empted and others did not present ethical dilemmas.…

by Craig Klugman, Ph.D.

Jump to The Resident (Season 1; Episode 11): Listening to patients; Jump to The Good Doctor (Season 2: Episode 12): Paying the Piper; Jump to New Amsterdam (Season 1; Episode 12): Impaired Colleagues, Robin Hood docs;Jump to Chicago Med (Season 4; Episode 12): Maternal/Fetal Conflict and Giving Bad News

The Resident (Season 1; Episode 11): Listening to patients

Marisol, a woman in her early 30s, comes to the ED complaining of abdominal pain, with a history of an ectopic pregnancy (lost her right ovary) and a stillbirth after a C-section.…

by Craig Klugman, Ph.D.
Jump to The Resident (Season 2; Episode 10): What would you do doctor?a>;Jump to The Good Doctor (Season 1; Episode 11): Ignoring patient rights; unnecessary risks; crisis planning; Jump to New Amsterdam (Season 1; Episode 11): Superutilizers and racism; Jump to Chicago Med (Season 4; Episode 11): Triage, gestational surrogacy conflicts; ends justifies the means

The Resident (Season 2; Episode 10): What would you do doctor?

BioethicsTV (January 8-10, 2019): #NewAmsterdam; #ChicagoMed

Jump to New Amsterdam (Season 1; Episode 10): Physician compassion maintains unjust medical system; Jump to Chicago Med (Season 4; Episode 10): Offense against our own; Parents in the OR

New Amsterdam (Season 1; Episode 10): Physician compassion maintains unjust medical system

An elderly woman arrives at the ED in the throes of her third heart episodeof the week.…