Medical Ethics for Practitioners of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine

This 1-CEU class covers medical ethics for acupuncture, including Chinese and Western principles, codes, and key issues like consent, confidentiality, referrals, and professional conduct.

Bob Flaws
Bob Flaws

Course Overview

Please Note: This is an Audio Course.

 

This one CEU class discusses the four universal principles of modern medical ethics and their clinical implications as well as the history of specifically Chinese medical ethics. It also discusses the ethical codes of several Western acupuncture and Oriental medicine associations and organizations, such as the NCCAOM. Several common problem areas and issues for Western acupuncturists are discussed in detail, such as sexual misconduct, making referrals, record keeping, and ""secret"" formulas.

 

Medical Ethics for Practitioners of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine covers:

(1) Definitions of ""profession"" and ""medical ethics""

(2) Six main points of Hippocratic Oath

(3) Chinese medical ethics

(4) Basic Principles of the AMA

(5) Code of Ethics of the NCCAOM

(6) International Code of Ethics- The World Medical Association

(7) Fiduciary Responsibility

(8) Informed Consent

(9) Sexual Misconduct

(10) Self-treatment

(11) Consultation

(12) Second opinions

(13) Chaperones

(14) Confidentiality

(15) Cross Cultural Sensitivity

(16 ) Spirituality

Objectives

  • Participants will understand definitions of "profession" and "medical ethics"

  • Participants will understand six main points of the Hippocratic Oath

  • Participants will understand chinese medical ethics

  • Participants will understand basic Principles of the AMA and the Code of Ethics of the NCCAOM

  • Participants will understand international Code of Ethics- The World Medical Association

  • Participants will understand Fiduciary Responsibility, Informed Consent, Sexual Misconduct and Self-treatment

  • Participants will understand Consultation, Second Opinnions and Chaperones

  • Participants will understand Confidentiality, Cross Cultural Sensitivity and Spirituality

Outline

  • 0 hrs - 15 min

    A general discussion of medical ethics

  • 15 min - 30 min

    Western and Chinese viewpoints of medical ethics

  • 30 min - 1 hrs

    Principles of medical ethics from Sun Si Miao, Zhong Shan, the AMA, NCCAOM, WMA, and more

Teacher

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Full Biography

Bob Flaws

Bob Flaws began his study of Chinese medicine in 1977, and has since become one of the best-known English-language teachers, authors and practitioners of Chinese medicine. A champion of both the paradigm and process of Chinese medicine, Bob has written, translated and/or published over 80 books and hundreds of articles on the subject.

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More Details

  • CPDs:

    Approved By: AACMA (1), ANTA (1), ATMS (1), Acupuncture NZ (1), NCCAOM (1), Standard Certificate (1)

  • Language: English

  • Course Type: Audio

  • Course Length: 1 h

  • Course Notes: Notes are provided with this course.

  • Access Period: Lifetime

$50.17