If a patient's or client's situation poses ethical questions, uncertainties, or problems, our employees may request support by an ethics case consult.
Case Consultation
An example
A woman has suffered a severe stroke and is admitted to the hospital. She is uncontious and cannot communicated with her environment. Her chances for rehabilitation are very limited. The patient's family is overwhelmed by this situation.
In such a case, an ethics consult may help in determining appropriate goals of care, investigating the patient's presumed will, deliberating about options of how to proceed, and making a sound, structured, transparent decision that is documented in the patient's record.