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ETHICAL DILEMMAS
Presented by the Nurses’ Professional Group
Margaret Swain, R.N.,J.D. (Chair)
Private Practice
Lori Whalen, R.N.
Huntington Reproductive Center Fertility
Adrienne J. Kramer, R.N.
Boston IVF
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM • SYMPOSIA
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 11:15 am – 1:00 pm
Symposium
Room 224 C/D
Needs Assessment and Description
Problematic and complex ethics issues present a particular
challenge to care providers in assisted reproductive
technology (ART). This session will guide the attendee
through an ethics-based analysis of clinical situations. The
presentation will focus on the process and application
of medical ethics, with an emphasis on ART. Participants
will learn value-driven approaches to situational ethical
dilemmas, will identify pertinent resources and guidelines,
and will develop an ethics-sensitive perspective. The most
recent ASRM Needs Assessment Survey indicated an interest
in this area among the membership.
LAST CHANCE KIDS: KIDS DEALING WITH PARENTAL AGING
AND DEATH
Presented by the Mental Health Professional Group
Julianne Zweifel, Ph.D. (Chair)
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Linda A. Applegarth, Ed.D.
The Perelman/Cohen Center for Reproductive Medicine
Sharon N. Covington M.S.W., L.C.S.W.C
Shady Grove Fertility Reproductive Science Center
Needs Assessment and Description
For good or bad, the advancements in assisted
reproductive technology (ART) have had the consequence
of significantly extending the “family-building years of one’s
life” such that individuals can now become parents much
later in life. Practitioners have become diligent about
assessing and attending to the medical risks of pregnancy
at an advanced reproductive age, but little attention
has been paid to the practical, social and psychological
consequences experienced by the resulting children. This
symposium will examine the short-term and long-term
impact on children who experience ailing and dying
parents, as well as the impact of spousal death on the
remaining parent.
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Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this session, participants should be able
to:
1. Identify the constructs of an ethics-based approach to
clinical situations.
2. Recognize and apply the ethics framework to commonly
encountered ART issues.
3. Describe solutions for ethically problematic clinical
scenarios.
ACGME COMPETENCY
Interpersonal and Communication Skills
TEST QUESTION:
After participating in this session, I will do the following in my
practice:
A. Maintain no policies and procedures to address ethically
problematic issues.
B. Consult the ASRM Guidelines and Ethics Committee
reports and position papers when I have a question
about a potentially ethically challenging situation.
C. Not apply age-limit guidelines to IVF or donor-gamete
patients.
D. Not applicable to my area of practice.
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 11:15 am – 1:00 pm
Symposium
Room 224 G/H
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this session, participants should be able
to:
1. Discuss the psychological and social impact of having
parents who look and behave differently than peers’
parents.
2. Explain how children are impacted by caring for ill or
aging parents.
3. Describe how psychological development is impacted
after a parent’s death.
4. Identify ways that parents can proactively protect their
children from undue burdens should the parent become
seriously ill or die.
5. Identify ways in which professionals can assist children
who may face challenges associated with ill or aging
parents.
ACGME COMPETENCY
Interpersonal and Communication Skills
TEST QUESTION:
The 1948 United Nations Universal Declaration of Human
Rights declared in article 16 states that “men and women
of full age, without limits due to race, nationality or religion,
have the right to found a family.” This document asserts
which one of the following:
A. The right of the individual to reproduce.
B. The right of the individual to not be coerced with respect
to reproductive choices.
C. It is the duty of the state or government to supply access
to reproductive technologies.