NSHEN has developed an educational resource called Featured Articles. We will be choosing articles from recent health ethics literature that we think will be of interest to ethics committee members as well as others working in our health care system.
We will create a summary of each article we feature for those too busy to read it in its entirety.
New Summary
Patient Participation in Clinical Ethics Interventions: A Requirement of Procedural and Epistemic Justice.
by Marleen Eijkholt, Bioethics, 2026.
Short Summary
This article sets out to demonstrate the importance of patient participation (PP) in clinical ethics
consultations. The author argues that the absence of PP in clinical ethics interventions (CEI)
jeopardizes procedural and epistemic justice. They provide four cases to exemplify the risk of
injustice involved to the patient when health care teams are not involving them or their SDM in CEI
pertaining to their care.
Past Summaries
Optimizing Family Presence through Medical Education.
When can Physicians Fire Patients with Opioid Use Disorder for Nonmedical Use of Prescription Medications?
Refusal of Representation in Advance Care Planning: A Case-Inspired Ethical Analysis
Rethinking Decision Quality: Measures, Meaning, and Bioethics
Development of a Clinical Ethics Committee de Novo at a Small Community Hospital by
Addressing Needs and Potential BarriersDownload
Addressing Needs and Potential BarriersDownload
Navigating Evolving Ethical Questions in Decision Making for GenderAffirming Medical Care for Adolescents.Download
“Prix Fixe” or “À La Carte”? Pediatric Decision Making When the Goals of Care Lie in the
Zone of Parental DiscretionDownload
Zone of Parental DiscretionDownload
The University of California Crisis Standard of Care – Public Reasoning for Socially Responsible
MedicineDownload
MedicineDownload
Disability Rights as a Necessary Framework for Crisis Standards of Care and the Future of
Health Care.Download
Health Care.Download
