“Exploring ethical issues in TV medical dramas”

by Craig Klugman, Ph.D.

The Resident (Seasons 3; Episode 18): Maintaining the Dead; The Resident (Season 3; Episode 19): Lies, Coverups, Crossing Boundaries; Chicago Med (Season 5; Episode 17): Required Criminal Reporting; Chicago Med (Season 5; Episode 18):Advance Directives and Alzheimer’s; Innovation v.…

by Craig Klugman, Ph.D.

“Exploring ethical issues in TV medical dramas”

The Good Doctor (Season 3; Episode 17): Lying for Good; The Resident (Season 3; Episode 17): Operating impaired when there is no option; New Amsterdam (Season 2; Episode 16):Research Misconduct; Two Wrongs Do Not Make a Right; Grey’s Anatomy (Season 16; Episode 17): VIP Justice

The Good Doctor (Season 3; Episode 17): Lying for Good

An adult leader of an outdoor for troubled youth is pricked by a cactus and comes down with an infection that causes heart damage.…

by Craig Klugman, Ph.D.

The Good Doctor (Season 3; Episode 16):Who consents when there is more than one personality; New Amsterdam (Season 2; Episode 15): Unanticipated DNA findings; Fudging clinical trials; Chicago Med (Season 5; Episode 15): Killing a death row prisoner, endangering patients

The Good Doctor (Season 3; Episode 16):Who consents when there is more than one personality

A college student comes into the hospital.…

by Craig Klugman, Ph.D.

The Good Doctor (Season 3; Episode 14): Lying; Social Media; Internet Medicine; The Good Doctor (Season 3; Episode 15): Pressuring a patient; Surgery to correct social problems;  New Amsterdam (Seasons 2; Episode 13): End of life; Battery; Chicago Med (Season 5; Episode 14): Can an abuser’s victim make his medical decisions?; Misdiagnosis

The Good Doctor (Season 3; Episode 14): Lying; Social Media; Internet Medicine

Cassie is a patient with a rare disorder—hey hyoid bone is too long and this causes problems.…

by Craig Klugman, Ph.D.

The Good Doctor (Season 3; Episode 13): Making emotional decisions regarding cancer care; New Amsterdam (Season 2; Episode 12): Withdrawing ANH in PVS; Treating the Physical to Heal the Mental

The Good Doctor (Season 3; Episode 13): Making emotional decisions regarding cancer care

Reznick’s mother is dying of brain cancer.…

New Amsterdam (Seaons 2; Episode 11): Role of electronic medical records; Experimental medicine; Chicago Med (Season 5; Episode 12): When the personal compromises the professional

New Amsterdam (Seaons 2; Episode 11): Role of electronic medical records; Experimental medicine

Goodwin makes a new policy that no screens are allowed in patient rooms—no tablets, cellphones, laptops, or computers.…

“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.…