title: Principles and procedures of medical ethics case consultation.
abstract: Ethical conflicts are common in hospital medicine. This article reviews core medical ethics principles, describes models for conducting hospital-based ethics case consultations, and highlights the contributions of hospital ethics committees to high quality patient care.
authors.affiliation: Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California, USA.
authors.forename: Dipanjan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Banerjee
authors.forename: Ware G
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Kuschner
mesh_terms: D028741:Ethics Committees, Clinical; D033061:Ethics Consultation; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005544:Forecasting; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D006113:United Kingdom