Healthcare and Its Ethical Dilemmas

Kristina L. Petrocco-Napuli, DC, MS, FICC, David Seaman, DC

On a daily basis, chiropractic physicians experience and navigate situations that surround obligations, fairness, virtues, and terms of rights as associated with patient care and the practice of the profession. During this session, these constructs of ethics will be explored and discussed as they relate to the practitioner. In addition, this session will assist participants in reflecting on and enforcing moral beliefs and conduct.  

Learning Objectives

  • Discuss and evaluate scenarios related to ethical chiropractic practice.
  • Explore and summarize conflicts of moral beliefs and conduct related to the physician.
  • Differentiate characteristics of ethical boundaries and choices as they relate to the chiropractic physician.   
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 Certified Chiropractic Physicians Assistant (CCPA) CE
    • 1.00 General (GEN) credit
  • 1.00 Doctor of Chiropractic (DC) CE
    • 1.00 Ethics (ETH) credit
Course opens: 
02/12/2024
Course expires: 
02/12/2026
FCA Member cost:
$15.00
Your Cost Today:
$25.00
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Kristina L. Petrocco-Napuli, DC, MS, FICC

Kristina L. Petrocco-Napuli

Dr. Petrocco-Napuli graduated from the University of Arizona with a degree in Physiological Sciences and later with her chiropractic degree from New York Chiropractic College. Following graduation from chiropractic college, she opened a practice in New York and shortly after began her Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Technique at New York Chiropractic College.  During this time, she also achieved a master's degree in Instructional Design Development and Evaluation from Syracuse University. As an active member of the Faculty ACA, she is currently serving as the Vice President. Recently, in recognition of her service to the profession she was elected a Fellow in the International College of Chiropractors.

She has been actively involved in research related to pelvic pain in females and has authored both clinical and educational articles on this topic and others. Her practice and research focus include chronic pain in the female population, lower extremity amputees and gait, and integrative collaborative practice. For many years Dr. Petrocco-Napuli has focused on the integration of practitioners in the patient-centered model of care and evaluating methods of effectively working on a team of healthcare professionals.  This interest began many years ago while on an internship at the Camp Lejeune Naval Hospital Chiropractic Clinic and has been reinforced by her involvement in multiple grant projects regarding the training of healthcare providers in inter-collaborative care. She is an educator on a variety of topics related to the chiropractic profession and enjoys meeting practitioners from around the world. 

David Seaman, DC

David Seaman

Dr. Seaman has been studying the relationship between diet and chronic inflammation since 1987. In 2002, he wrote the first scientific article that outlined the dietary induction of chronic inflammation. His scientific papers about diet, inflammation, and pain have been cited by researchers at Harvard Medical School on three occasions, as well as by many researchers at other universities in America, Canada, Brazil, Europe, Russia, the Middle East, Africa, India, China, and Australia.

His books for the general public are based on his scientific articles about diet, inflammation, pain, and chronic disease. His website is www.DeFlame.com.

    

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Available Credit

  • 1.00 Certified Chiropractic Physicians Assistant (CCPA) CE
    • 1.00 General (GEN) credit
  • 1.00 Doctor of Chiropractic (DC) CE
    • 1.00 Ethics (ETH) credit

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