title: Mediation Approaches at the Beginning or End of Life.
abstract: The approaches used in mediation may help ethics consultants, especially in difficult cases. In this piece, I primarily discuss these techniques. I also discuss how clinicians may be of the most help to parents of infants with severe genetic conditions, to research participants, and to patients who may be at risk for Alzheimer's disease and their surrogate decision makers.
authors.affiliation: Programs in Medical Ethics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, 4301 Jones Bridge Road, Bethesda, Maryland 20814 USA. edmund.howe@uhuhs.edu.
authors.forename: Edmund G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Howe
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000544:Alzheimer Disease; D017028:Caregivers; D000066491:Clinical Decision-Making / Q000941:ethics*; D000013:Congenital Abnormalities; D003657:Decision Making / Q000941:ethics; D004644:Emotions; D026822:Ethicists; D028741:Ethics Committees, Clinical / Q000941:ethics; D033061:Ethics Consultation / Q000941:ethics; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D017008:Negotiating / Q000379:methods* / Q000523:psychology; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011218:Prader-Willi Syndrome; D012106:Research / Q000639:trends; D059020:Suicidal Ideation