<aside> 📌 Ascension Ethics Contacts Ascension Ethicist - Kirsten Dempsey (available on Voalte) STM Ethics Committee - Drs. Vantrease and Pratt STW Ethics Committee - Dr. Maddox

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General

• Topics (ACP Ethics Manual)
• Principles (ACP)
• Competency / Capacity (Hopkins)

A 6-Step Approach to Assist Clinical Ethics Decision Making (ACP)

• Step 1: Assess the Medical Situation
• Step 2: Frame the Pending Medical Decision and Ethical Question
• Step 3: Determine the Principles and Interests Involved in the Ethics Question
• Step 4: Who Are the Participants, and What Are Their Motivations?
• Step 5: Balancing Principles and Interests to Reach Resolution
• Step 6: Preventive Ethics Review

Cases

References