The patient has a fundamental ethical right to self determination in her his healthcare decisions.
Legal and ethical issues in the operating room.
The ethical implications in the surgical consent process are many.
Not all operating room issues require complicated fixes.
The issues reported were organized into five categories.
Playing music in the operating room has been a common practice for nearly 100 years.
The nurses described ethical conflicts and identified factors influential to their ethical decision making.
Playing music in the operating room.
As an otolaryngologist with a busy surgical practice you spend a good deal of time in the operating room and understand the special ethical challenges that this patient care center can pose for surgeons and staff.
You are the chair of your medical center s ethics committee and director of the hospital s ethics consultation service.