Decisions in contemporary medicine can be complex and overwhelming. An ethics consultation service helps patients and doctors navigate value-laden conflict and uncertainty and helps determine which ...

An ethics consultation service assists patients, doctors and members of the patient’s care team to navigate value-laden conflict and uncertainty and helps determine which actions should or should not ...

Clinical ethicists play a vital role in hospitals and other health care systems by helping to resolve ethical conflicts that arise between patients, families, and clinicians about end-of-life care and ...

Osaka, Japan – In recent years, advances in medical science have led to an increase in the number of medical treatment options available, making clinical decision-making more complex and leading to a ...

To our knowledge, no existing book or article describes how to establish and operate a vibrant and sustainable clinical ethics consultation service from the ground up. As a result, ECS directors and ...

Our fellows’ day varies depending on whether they are “on-service” or “on-call” or not. When a fellow is on-service, he or she is working in our hospitals doing clinical activities. “Clinical ...

Source: Getty Images Ethics consultants begin by identifying and clarifying the conflict to ensure it is related to ethics. “That’s unethical!” So begins many a conversation (or sometimes maybe just ...

As the role of clinical ethics consultation in health care advances, there are calls to standardize the process of consultation. The Ethics Committee at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) ...