This book is designed to be a desk reference in medical ethics for practicing physicians. It is
ordered to the practical resolution of concrete cases that clinicians frequently face, and it …

Clinical ethics consultations (CECs) are sometimes deemed complete at the moment when
the consultants make a recommendation. In CECs that involve actual ethical conflict, this …

Policy work is often cited as one of the primary functions of Hospital Ethics Committees
(HECs), along with consultation and education. Hospital policies can have far reaching …

Background In healthcare practice, care providers are confronted with decisions they have
to make, directly affecting patients and inevitably harmful. These decisions are tragic by …

In healthcare practice, care providers are confronted with tragic situations, in which they are
expected to make choices and decisions that can have far-reaching consequences. This …

One of the more draining aspects of being a clinical ethicist is dealing with the emotions of
patients, family members, as well as healthcare providers. Generally, by the time a clinical …

Three cases are presented that demonstrate the difficulty of assessing medical decision-
making capacity in patients with psychiatric illness who are refusing care. Health …

This article describes and rejects three standard views of reason in secular clinical ethics.
The first, instrumental reason view, affirms that reason may be used to draw conceptual …

We begin with the acknowledgement that with “The Zadeh Scenario,” Finder has provided a
rich and thick description of what clearly was a challenging opportunity for end-of-life ethics …

The passage from a posture of clinician to that of clinician–bioethicist poses significant
challenges for health professionals, most notably with regards to theoretical or …