Military Medical Ethics – Scenario Collection
Conflicting roles
Resources for local civilians or reserved for emergency treatment of own?
You are a medical officer and among the first group of soldiers on an international crisis management operation. Some days after you have setup your role-2 facililty (which has an operating...
26 Jul, 2019 Views: 353 Comments: 0
VIP treatment?
After 18 years in exile in Italy, Mohammed Zahir Shah, the last Afghan king, moved back to Kaboul to live there - without the intention of reestablishing a monarchy. Rather, he wanted to contribute...
16 Jul, 2018 Views: 356 Comments: 0
Ethical versus Military Imperatives
Acting on the basis of a 'request' from the Minister for Defence, non-medical Military Authority directed a Medical Board tasked with determining the fitness or otherwise of an individual to...
21 Aug, 2018 Views: 363 Comments: 0
Treatment of Detainees: Role of Military Health Professionals
"Ten detainees in a national security facility have gone on a hunger strike to protest the conditions of their confinement. Part 1: The strike has gone on for three days, and the detainees are...
04 Aug, 2020 Views: 389 Comments: 0
Reversed triage priorities?
1st situation "[I]magine a battalion (approximately 400 soldiers) is facing an enemy force of about 550 soldiers and that each force is equipped with comparable weaponry. After several hours of...
11 Sep, 2018 Views: 468 Comments: 0
(Forced) Dialysis for a Prisoner of War
"United States Special Forces capture a combatant in the mountains of Eastern Afghanistan whom they believe has vital information that would help lead to the arrest of a major suspected terrorist....
12 Aug, 2019 Views: 420 Comments: 0
Delayed transport of wounded enemy to medical facility on purpose?
"You are a U.S. Army physician who has just completed a medical internship and have been deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. While there, two insurgent casualties are brought to...
25 Feb, 2019 Views: 346 Comments: 0
Reporting abuse?
A junior Air Force psychologist, Captain Wren is given 6-month orders to a detention facility housing enemy combatants. Although his role is clinical in nature—he provides care to detainees—he...
25 Feb, 2019 Views: 343 Comments: 0

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