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Four weeks ago (31 July, p 273) we presented the case of Mrs Prior, a 40 year old woman with cystitis, itching, and rash. When her biochemical results showed raised liver enzyme concentrations, her general practitioner was advised to refer her for ultrasonography and an autoantibody test (7 August, p 342). The scan
A new Clinical Ethics Advisory Group (CEAG) was created to contribute to NHS Trust policies and guidelines in response to ethical issues arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. An ethical analysis framework used in medical education, the CoRE-Values Compass and Grid, was adapted to form a step-wise ‘ABC’ decision-making process. CEAG members found the framework simple to understand and use and the model facilitated time-efficient decisions that were explicitly justifiable on moral, ethical, professional and legal grounds. The adapted CoRE-Values framework might help facilitate decision-making processes for similar new clinical ethics advisory or support committees.
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