Devlin Brian, Magill Gerard
NHS Highland, The John Dewar Building, Highlander Way, Inverness IV2 7GE, Scotland, UK.
Best Pract Res Clin Anaesthesiol. 2006 Dec;20(4):493-506. doi: 10.1016/j.bpa.2006.09.001.
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.