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Ethics
Consultation Service Process
PURPOSE:
The purpose
of the ECS is to assist involved parties in addressing uncertainty or conflict regarding ethical issues that
emerge in healthcare.
Members
will try to help in the following ways:
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Clarifying
relevant concepts (e.g. confidentiality, privacy, informed consent, best
interest).
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Clarifying
related issues (e.g., implications of societal values, law, ethics, and
institutional policy).
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Helping to
identify and build a range of morally acceptable options within the context.
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Assisting
involved individuals in clarifying their own values.
If
requested, the ECS will take a more active role by:
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Gathering
relevant data (through discussions with involved parties, examinations of
medical records or other relevant documents, etc).
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Ensuring
the opportunity to have dialogue with involved parties.
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