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Mission Statement
Patients, families, surrogates and providers are faced with difficult decisions in health care today. Many of these decisions, in addition to having medical, nursing, legal, psychological, religious, and social service dimensions, are value laden and, as such, raise value conflicts or uncertainties. In recognition of this, The MetroHealth System has established the Medical Ethics Committee whose mission is to assist those involved with difficult clinical decision-making in sorting through the ethical aspects of those decisions.
Members
Richard Fratianne, MD - Chair
rfratianne@metrohealth.org>
Mark Aulisio, PhD - Co-Chair
mpa5@po.cwru.edu
Marcia Bailey, RN - Secretary
mbailey@metrohealth.org
Sandra Amin, RN
samin@metrohealth.org
M Blanchard, MD
mblanchard@metrohealth.org
Leroy J. Dierker, MD
ldierker@metrohealth.org
Chantal Dothey, MD
cdothey@metrohealth.org
Jonathan Dunn, MD
jdunn@metrohealth.org
Peter Greco, MD
pgreco@metrohealth.org
Marilyn Hansen, RN/NP
mhansen@metrohealth.org
Amer Khiyami, MD
akhiyami@metrohealth.org
Karen Knight, MD
kknight@metrohealth.org
Barry Layton, PhD
blayton@metrohealth.org
Mary Legerski, RN, JD
mlegerski@metrohealth.org
Mark Lehman
mlehman@metrohealth.org
Elizabeth McKinley, MD, MPH
exm20@po.cwru.edu
Rev. Dan Rossbach
drossbach@metrohealth.org
Marcia Silver, MD
msilver@metrohealth.org
Educational Activities
Ethics Committee Education 2001:
Mark Aulisio, "The Relevance of Ethics for Clinical Practice," February 13, 2001.
Mark Aulisio, "Informed Consent: Why Does It Matter Anyway?" April 10, 2001.
Mark Aulisio, "Competence and Incompetence," June 12, 2001.
End of Life Subcommittee (see below), End of Life Decision-Making, August 14, 2001.
TBD, Confidentiality, October 9, 2001.
TBD, Decision Making Involving Children, December 11, 2001.
End of Life Decision-Making subcommittee
Members: Mary Legerski, Chair, Mark Aulisio, Katie Kundtz, Mark Lehman, and Judy Salter.
Educational activities of the subcommittee include:
Mark Aulisio, "End of Life Decision-Making," MetroHealth Medical Center, November 20, 2000 (for the EOL Subcommittee)
EOL Subcommittee, "End of Life Decision-Making: Moral and Legal Considerations," March 28, 2001 (Social Work)
EOL Subcommittee, "End of Life Decision-Making: Moral and Legal Considerations," August 8, 2001 (Nursing)
EOL Subcommittee, "End of Life Decision-Making: Moral and Legal Considerations," August 14, 2001 (Ethics Committee)
EOL Subcommittee, "End of Life Decision-Making: Moral and Legal Considerations," September 21, 2001 (Pediatrics)
EOL Subcommittee, "End of Life Decision-Making: Moral and Legal Considerations," TBD (Nursing)
EOL Subcommittee, "End of Life Decision-Making: Moral and Legal Considerations," TBD (Medicine)
EOL Subcommittee, "End of Life Decision-Making: Moral and Legal Considerations," TBD (Surgery)
