Ethics Committees enhance ethical decision-making between patients, or surrogate decision makers, and the clinician. Ethics Committees promote fair policies and procedures that maximize the likelihood of achieving ethical and patient-centered outcomes.

Perhaps the most important function of Hospital Ethics Committees is to provide ethics consultation. We have closely examined one method for ethical consultation: The Orr/Shelton Method (Orr, Robert D. & Shelton, Wayne (2009). A process and format for clinical ethics consultation. Journal of Clinical Ethics 20 (1):79). This article is on our class site.

Please re-read the relevant materials, including the
Orr/Shelton Method article and sample reports
, then using the Orr/Shelton format, imagine that
you have been asked to review the below case and submit a consultation report.

Please remember that the Orr/Shelton model requires you to include in your
report:
-Demographic Data
-Reason for Consultation Request
-Informants
-Systematic Description of Case
-Medical Indications
-Patient Preferences
-Quality of Life
-Contextual Features
-Assessment
-Discussion and Analysis
-Recommendation(s)
SHOULD NOT EXCEED 1500 WORDS