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Ethics Committee Tools

 

Useful for Analyzing an Ethical Conflict

Approaches to "Doing" Clinical Medical Ethics

Important Ethical Values and Guidelines in Patient Care

The 7-Step Process of Ethical Decision Making in Patient Care

 

Tools for Ethics Consultants

Anatomy of a Consult

Anatomy of a Consult Note or Response to a Request for Ethics Advice

Ethics Consultation Form from First Call to Evaluation

 

Ethics Consults and Ethics Advisors

Fact Sheet for Assessing Decision-Making Capacity

Format for a Patient Care Conference

Health Care Decision-Making for Adult Patients Flow Diagram

Helping the Patient and Family Accept the Patient's Terminal Condition and "Let Go"

Obtaining Valid Informed Consent and Refusal

Practical, Systematic Approaches to Addressing a Question When Asked to Give Ethics Advice

Starting an Ethics Committee:  Questions to Consider and First Steps

Suggestions for Conflict Resolution with Patients and Families over Treatments

Surrogate Selection Form

Systematic Approach to Responding to a Request for Ethics Advice

The Patient as "Person" History

Writing Policies that Work

 

 

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