Services offered

The clinical ethics department offers 24/7 clinical ethics consultations to assist in clarifying ethical dilemmas, such as:

• Complex and end-of-life decisions about foregoing treatment and allowing natural death
• Use of invasive technology when the child will be permanently dependent
• Disagreements within a family about the right actions
• Rights and responsibilities of parents
• Disagreements between the physician, others on the health care team and family about the right actions
• Balance of harms and benefits for high-risk procedures
• Adolescent autonomy in decision making
• Balancing confidentiality and the best interest of the child

Please contact us with any questions, including guidance regarding the role clinical ethics plays in patient care: 612-813-6172