Author/Authors :
Brian Devlin، نويسنده , , Gerard Magill، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
This chapter discusses a framework for and process of ethical decision making in the context of the discipline, theories, and principles of ethics. Daily decision making within the Hospital Ethics Committee is considered and some of the emerging ethical issues in anaesthesia are discussed.
Keywords :
Ethics , feminist ethics , Social responsibility , Virtues , Consequentialism , Utilitarianism , Social justice , Medical ethics , ethical theory , codes of ethics , Bioethics , Personal autonomy , beneficence , biomedical ethics , deontologicalethics , ethical analysis , ethics committees , ethics consultation , health care ethics , hospital ethics committee , morals , naturallaw , normative ethics , principle-based ethics , principlism , religious ethics , situational ethics , teleological ethics