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A General Framework for Exploring Ethical and Legal Issues in Sports Medicine
Robert P Lennon1, Philip G Day2, Eric C Marfin1
1From Department of Family and Community Medicine, Penn State College of Medicine. Hershey, PA (RPL); Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, (PGD); The Office of the Attorney General of Texas, Austin, TX (ECM); Departments of Family and Community Medicine & Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey (CAO); Departments of Family and Community Medicine & Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA (MLS).
Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM
|November 17, 2022
Summary
Sports Medicine providers need practical tools to navigate common legal and ethical issues. This study offers a framework and curriculum to build confidence in addressing these everyday medicolegal challenges.
Area of Science:
- Sports Medicine
- Medical Ethics
- Legal Medicine
Background:
- Sports Medicine practitioners encounter unique and frequent medicolegal challenges distinct from general primary care.
- While high-profile cases are documented, a significant gap exists in guidance for common, everyday legal and ethical dilemmas in Sports Medicine.
- Existing literature inadequately addresses the practical needs of Sports Medicine providers facing routine medicolegal issues.
Purpose of the Study:
- To equip Sports Medicine providers with straightforward tools for assessing the legality and ethics of their actions.
- To present a teaching model for Sports Medicine educators to impart essential legal and ethical reasoning skills.
- To bridge the gap in practical guidance for common medicolegal challenges in Sports Medicine.
Main Methods:
- Conducted a comprehensive search of U.S. federal and state laws pertaining to Sports Medicine practice via LexisNexis®.
- Utilized PubMed to identify literature on physicians' approaches to legal and ethical issues in Sports Medicine.
- Incorporated ethical practice guidelines from the American Medical Association and Beauchamp and Childress.
Main Results:
- Developed a framework to systematically approach legal challenges encountered in Sports Medicine practice.
- Applied this framework to four frequently occurring scenarios faced by Sports Medicine physicians.
- Identified a need for formal professional recognition and a standardized curriculum for Sports Medicine law.
Conclusions:
- A structured curriculum incorporating the proposed framework and clinical case studies can enhance provider competence.
- Learners and practitioners will gain familiarity and confidence in managing legal and ethical issues in Sports Medicine.
- Addressing this literature gap through standardized education is crucial for the Sports Medicine profession.
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