title: The process of ethical decision making.
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.
authors.affiliation: NHS Highland, The John Dewar Building, Highlander Way, Inverness IV2 7GE, Scotland, UK. brian@devlin2304.freeserve.co.uk
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Devlin
authors.forename: Gerard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Magill
mesh_terms: D026688:Bioethical Issues; D003657:Decision Making / Q000941:ethics*; D028663:Ethical Theory; D028741:Ethics Committees, Clinical / Q000941:ethics*; D026690:Ethics, Clinical; D006801:Humans