New ethics case study on wellness programs available

“Wellness Programs and Patient Goals of Care” is a new ACP ethics case study that is available online for CME credit. The case study explores the ethical issues that can arise as a result of wellness programs designed to increase personal responsibility for health.

Despite good intentions, some wellness programs may unfairly disadvantage certain patients or groups of patients who cannot meet specific targets or benchmarks set by programs for reasons beyond their control. Physicians may face an ethical dilemma between their duty to care for individual patients with unique needs and the overall goals of wellness programs.

This case study is published on Medscape and a Medscape login is required. A list of ACP ethics case studies is online.