Bioethics.  Medical ethics.  Health care products ethics.

DNA sequencing, vector construction, molecular biology, stem cell research, splitting livers for human transplantation, living wills --- all terms almost unknown just a dozen or so years ago.  The increase in biotechnology has caused medical and biological researcher to wonder about ethics and the perceived (although not actual) increase in lawsuits against doctors has caused doctors to think more deliberately about medical ethics.  In response, the growth of the ethics materials available to doctors through the American Medical Association is typified by the AMA medical ethics internet web pages.

Sometimes a medical group will feel the need for a customized seminar on ethics, to give information and point up areas of potential ethics problems in their specific group.  Other times a helping ethics counselor is needed for a specific problem that is causing concern, involving identified  individuals and there relations to the  medical institution. In medical ethics consultations involving patient care, Bucklin has a Clinical Pragmatism Method format that is effective in solving clinical ethics questions.  The Clinical Pragmatism Method of solving medical ethics problems 

Because of his heavy involvement in both medical corporate advisory work, and also medical organ transplant ethics, Bucklin has been a member of hospital advisory, bioethics, and health care ethics committees during his career.  More about Bucklin bioethics workHis career as a lawyer handling medical malpractice and products liability cases has made him sensitive to the issues of legal liability involved with the health care industry.  The combination of medical background and legal experience is valuable in medical and biotech ethics.

Bucklin is available for medical ethics consultations and advice, and for medical business and bioethics seminars. The following topics of interest to medical entities may be used in seminars by Bucklin.

  • Health care ethics
  • Bioethics
  • Organ transplant ethics
  • Bioethics committee operations
  • Business ethics
  • Organizational / corporate governance issues

Bucklin customizes his seminars to the group.  Broader seminars and information frequently may be found through the Ethics Group of the American Medical Association.  The AMA Ethics Group is organized into 3 parts: Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs, Ethics Resource Center, and Institute for Ethics.  The Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs (CEJA) develops ethics policy for the AMA. Composed of seven practicing physicians, a resident or fellow, and a medical student, the Council prepares reports that analyze and address timely ethical issues that confront physicians and the medical profession. Upon deliberation and approval by the AMA's House of Delegates, the recommendations put forth in CEJA Reports become official policy of the Association. These recommendations ultimately serve as the basis for updating the AMA's Code of Medical Ethics, widely recognized as the most comprehensive guide for physicians who strive to practice ethically.  The Ethics Resource Center develops educational programs programs, including a variety of continuing medical education (CME) courses. The Institute for Ethics is an academic research and training center on ethics in health care. Institute staff conduct research and publish peer-reviewed articles on emerging ethical issues. Through its training programs, a select group of Fellows and Visiting Scholars spend up to a year participating in scholarly and research activities at the Institute.