 | + See Also Decision-Making Capacity |
| + See Also Informed Consent |
 | Module 01 CHE Values-based Decision Model (69K)
Booklet
Keywords: Values-Based, Decision, Making, Model |
| Module 02 Educational Guide - Determination of Decisional Capacity (31K)
Educational tool for ethics committee |
| Church Teaching |
| Directive 27 (23K)
Criteria for informed consent |
| Directive 28 (23K)
Informed consent and conscience formation |
| Article/Commentary |
| 07/11/06 He Wasn't Thinking Straight. So How Do You Get Through?
Denial and Decision-making capacity. |
| Can A Child be Forced to Have Surgery?
Her parents don't want the risky procedure, but she will die without it. A good case from May, 2003 regarding parental consent for minor children, with analysis by one leading ethicist.
Keywords: Parents |
| Drugmakers Prefer Silence On Test Data
Firms violate U.S. law by not registering trials, leading to concerns among patients and doctors that they are not being sufficiently informed. Washington Post |
| Hip, Hip, Hooray!
An interesting essay that suggests the ethical/medical decisionmaking involved in choosing surgical options for hip replacement. The Washington Post
Keywords: Hip, Replacement |
| Module 17 Life and Death Struggle Over Toddler
Can parents refuse life-saving surgery for their toddler?
Keywords: Case |
| Module 24 Children and Religious Objections to Treatment
From the Parkridge Center |
| Pendulum Swings in Life-Saving Efforts
Futility is the issue as daughter fights hospital and physicians, insisting they offer her elderly mother all possible treatment. McCall.com |
| Law/Policy |
| Health Care Power of Attorney (50K) |
| Module 17 Texas Court Overturns Ruling (33K)
Texas Court Overturns Ruling on Resuscitation of Premature baby
Keywords: Case |
| Case |
| Case of Robert Wendland
Case and Statement of Bishop Stephen E. Blaire
Keywords: Case |
| Module 15 Case of Elizabeth Bouvia (33K)
Keywords: Case |
| Module 17 Case of Sammy Linares
Father uses gun to remove infant son from respirator. |
