Responding to emergent ethical dilemmas including-
family disagreements about appropriate medical care
questions about decisionmaker capacity
administering life-sustaining interventions
Reviewing and analyzing institutional policies, practices, and culture to identify potential sources of ethics conflicts and ensure alignment with values and mission.
Formulating comprehensive policies to address ethics disputes.
Educating staff to minimize ethics conflicts and hone moral judgment. Implementing programs to reduce moral distress or discomfort.
HEALTH CARE
INNOVATORS
Evaluating novel biotechnologies to proactively identify ethical challenges and implications of development and use.
Developing comprehensive, actionable strategies to avoid actual or perceived violation of ethics norms, thus minimizing controversy.
Guiding start-ups as they navigate protections for research subjects and requirements related to informed consent and protocol review.
Facilitating discussions with loved ones about end-of-life preferences.
Preparing advance directives.
Assisting patients and families in clarifying their values, interests, and concerns and aligning health care decisions with these considerations.
Assisting patients in understanding their rights and asserting them.
