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These ethical questions arise when the right thing to do is not clear or when people disagree about what is best for a person who is ill. So how do we best navigate these difficult scenarios? In the October edition of Brookdale’s Optimum Life Continuing Education, Medical Ethics at the End of Life, we’ll discuss a framework for managing through these challenging situations and explain the four principles of medical ethics in end of life situations. Our guest this month is Anna-Gene O’Neal Brookdale’s Division President of Health Care Services, which operates Brookdale’s home health and hospice agencies across the country. Anna-Gene holds a master’s in nursing and an MBA degree from Vanderbilt University and has served in a variety of leadership and performance improvement roles for private healthcare providers. Before joining Brookdale, Anna-Gene served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Alive Hospice, a large non-profit hospice provider in Tennessee and is an expert in hospice and end of life care. Anna-Gene provided her expert insights to help us better understand the four principals of medical ethics in end of life situations:
Even with an ethical framework to make these hard decisions, there’s never one right answer. These situations are unique and complicated, as are the people involved. It’s an emotional time and most families simply feel overwhelmed. That’s why it is so important for healthcare providers to lean into these four principles of medical ethics as a sound basis to make principle-centered decisions when navigating care in end of life situations. If you’d like to learn more and listen in on the conversation, you can attend a session of: Medical Ethics at the End of Life, just send a request to register for the session by visiting our Optimum Life Continuing Education page.