David is a rare breed in North America: a full-time organizational ethicist. He does original
writing, teaching, consulting and research on ethical decision making, enhancing corporate
social accountability, auditing, and reporting, and developing ethics assurance programs,
including transparency, risk management, ethical management and “safe” partnering
David Nitkin, EthicScan’s President, draws attention to the way this decision highlights differences between the law, ethics, and morality. The Justices affirm the requirement in law that, in jurisdictions which have Consent and Capacity Boards, physicians must get consent for removing life-sustaining, interventions, like ventilators and feeding tubes. Family and human rights advocates are likely
EthicScan End-of-Life Webinar Series: Ethical issues are common in health care because the stakes are high and values regularly come into conflict when decisions must be made. Differentiation between minimizing harm, doing no harm, and doing good assessments. In the course of provision of these health care services, problems or disagreements will occasionally arise with
