Ethics frameworks and tools can be valuable resources when faced with difficult ethical issues.
Ethics frameworks articulate an organization’s approach to identifying, managing, and addressing ethics-related issues and concerns. An ethics framework is an overall organizational strategy which includes structures, policies and procedures, tools and resources, leadership, and expertise.
Ethical decision-making tools are practical instruments that can be applied to clinical or organizational decision-making when the good, right, or best options are not clear, or when we need to ensure a fair decision-making process.
The CEREN endorses two ethical decision-making tools as best practice, and to be used within more robust frameworks:
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