Ethics Committee Core Curriculum

Table of Contents

1. List of Contributors
2. Goals and Objectives of this Curriculum
3. About the UB Center for Clinical Ethics
4. Expanded Table of Contents

1. Common Medical Terminology
2. Commonly Used Ethical Terms

1. Function and Composition
2. Models
3. JCAHO
4. Guidelines for Performing Ethics Consultations
5. Joint SHHV-SBC Task Force on Standards for Bioethics Consultation

1. Informed Consent
2. End of Life Decisions
3. Religious and Cultural Issues
4. Medically Provided Hydration and Nutrition
5. Medical Futility
6. Brain Death including Determination of Death Consensus Conference
7. Competence and Decision Making Capacity