1. The process of ethical decision making
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Brian Devlin and Gerard Magill
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ComputingMilieux_THECOMPUTINGPROFESSION ,Normative ethics ,business.industry ,Decision Making ,Ethical decision ,ComputingMilieux_LEGALASPECTSOFCOMPUTING ,Meta-ethics ,Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine ,Ethics, Clinical ,Business decision mapping ,Humans ,ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDSOCIETY ,Medicine ,Engineering ethics ,Bioethical Issues ,Ethics Committees, Clinical ,Ethical Theory ,business ,Principle-Based Ethics ,Decision analysis ,Ethics Consultation ,Ethical code - 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.
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- 2006
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