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Clinical ethics involves the identification, analysis and resolution of ethical issues that arise in the care of individual patients.
The Ethics Committee is a multidisciplinary standing committee of the LLUMC medical staff. Its members, appointed by the president of the medical staff, include physicians, nurses, ethicists, therapists, social workers, chaplains, administrators and a community representative who is an attorney. The committee is chaired by a member of the LLUMC active medical staff. The committee meets regularly to:
LLUMC offers consultation to assist patients, families and professionals on matters with ethical implications. Consultations are provided by trained and experienced clinical ethicists and may be requested by anyone involved in the care of a particular patient. Issues that often lead to ethics consultation include:
Access to clinical ethics consultation is through the LLUMC page operator (909-558-4000) or by asking any member of the patient’s care-team (doctor, nurse, social worker, chaplain or therapist) to request an ethics consultation.
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