- Physician-Aid-In-Dying 1h 00min
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Description
Physician-Aid-in-Dying is when a physician provides a competent, terminally ill patient with a prescription for a lethal dose of medication. The patient intends to use the medication to end his or her own life. This practice is becoming more common in the United States and there are now five states that have laws in place to permit aid in dying. Currently, 1 in 5 physicians will be asked to aid in a patient’s death at some point in his or her career. The legalization and practice of physician assisted death raises many legal and ethical issues that need to be explored. This webinar will discuss what the practice is and what it is not, the laws in place, the ethics for and against it, as well as provide guidance on how to respond if asked during your career. The course will end with an informative 40 minute documentary.
Learning Objectives
- Define physician-aid-in-dying
- Understand the difference between the terms physician-aid-in-dying, physician assisted suicide, and euthanasia
- Identify the ethical arguments for and against the practice of physician-aid-in-dying
- Identify ways to respond to a patient who desires to hasten death
*Some background noise is present in the recording which may affect the audio quality of this course.
Course Content
Instructor
Beth Cleavenger (PharmD) is a 2012 University of Montana Pharmacy School graduate. She was born and raised in Montana and moved to Arizona in the summer of 2012 to start her pharmacy career. It was this move that would change her life, her health, and the direction of her career forever. In pharmacy school Beth was taught to believe the lie that alternatives to conventional medicine were simply unnecessary and unreliable. She was led to believe that the only medicine and treatments patients could trust were rooted in clinical guidelines and FDA approved drugs. Ironically, after battling a “mysterious” chronic illness for four years it was naturopathic medicine that had saved her life.
Beth was halfway through pharmacy school when her health began to dramatically decline and she wholeheartedly embraced the medical wisdom she thought she had gained. Over the course of three years she went to 7 physicians and 3 specialists only to be dismissed as “normal”. Beth was hopeless, desperate, and on the verge of needing a medical leave of absence from her job. Realizing that she had nothing else to lose, Beth made an appointment to see a naturopathic physician.
At just 27 years old, Beth was battling a severe case of chronic fatigue syndrome, stage III adrenal fatigue, hormone imbalances, and a number of food intolerances. Little by little she has regained her health back with the help of natural supplements, a real-food diet, and even the anti-viral drug, valacyclovir, for her high Epstein-Barr viral load.
This journey has taught Beth more than the value and effectiveness of natural and alternative medicine. It has made her not only a more compassionate pharmacist, but a better one. This experience drives Beth to educate patients, colleagues, and friends on the benefit of integrating both natural and conventional medicine to improve quality of life.
Continuing Education Approvals
Canadian Federation of Aromatherapists (CFA)
0.5 CEU total (up to 0.5 CEU Category B) -Direct ApprovalNew Hampshire Association of Naturopathic Doctors (NHAND)
1 CEU total (up to 1 CEU General) -Direct ApprovalOregon Board of Naturopathic Medicine (OBNM) - (expires on September 12, 2025)
1 hour total (up to 1 hour General Education) -Direct ApprovalVermont Office of Professional Regulation (VT OPR)
1.0 hour total (up to 1.0 hour General) -Direct ApprovalAlliance of International Aromatherapists (AIA)
0.5 CPD total (up to 0.5 CPD Category B) -Assumed ApprovalArizona Naturopathic Physicians Medical Board (AZ NPMB)
1 CME total (up to 1 CME General) -Assumed ApprovalCollege of Naturopathic Doctors of Alberta (CNDA)
1 continuing competence credit total -Assumed ApprovalCollege of Naturopathic Physicians of British Columbia (CNPBC)
1 hour total (up to 1 hour Category C - Educational Courses) -Assumed ApprovalCollege of Naturopaths of Ontario (CONO)
1 credit total (up to 1 credit Category B) -Assumed ApprovalColorado Office of Naturopathic Doctor Registration (CO ONDR)
1 PDA total -Assumed ApprovalConnecticut Department of Public Health: Naturopathic Physician Licensure (CT DPH: NPL)
1 hour total -Assumed ApprovalCouncil for Homeopathic Certification (CHC)
1 CEU total (up to 1 CEU Category 2) -Assumed ApprovalDistrict of Columbia Health Regulation and Licensing Administration (DC HRLA)
1 hour total -Assumed ApprovalHawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs Professional & Vocational Licensing (HI DCCA)
1 CE total (up to 1 CE General) -Assumed ApprovalIdaho Board of Medicine: Naturopathic Medical Board (ID BOM: NMB)
1 hour total (up to 1 hour General) -Assumed ApprovalKansas State Board of Healing Arts (KS SBHA)
1 CEU total -Assumed ApprovalMaine Board of Complementary Health Care Providers (ME BCHCP)
1 hour total (up to 1 hour General) -Assumed ApprovalManitoba Naturopathic Association (MNA)
1 hour total (up to 1 hour Category B) -Assumed ApprovalMaryland Board of Physicians (MD BP)
1 hour total -Assumed ApprovalMinnesota Board of Medical Practice (MN BMP)
1 contact hour total (up to 1 contact hour General) -Assumed ApprovalMontana Board of Alternative Health Care (MT BAHC)
1 hour total (up to 1 hour General) -Assumed ApprovalNorth Dakota Board of Integrative Health Care (ND BIHC)
1 credit total (up to 1 credit General) -Assumed ApprovalRhode Island Department of Health: Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline (RI DOH: BMLD)
1 hour total -Assumed ApprovalSaskatchewan Association of Naturopathic Practitioners (SANP)
1 hour total (up to 1 hour Category C) -Assumed ApprovalUtah Naturopathic Physician Licensing Board (UT NPLB)
1 CE total (up to 1 CE General) -Assumed ApprovalWashington State Department of Health: Board of Naturopathy (WA DOH: BON)
1 hour total (up to 1 hour Category 2) -Assumed Approval
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- CEs / PDAs as outlined
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