United States Department of Veterans Affairs
United States Department of Veterans Affairs

National Center for Ethics in Health Care

IntegratedEthics Program Materials and Resources

As part of the national roll-out of IntegratedEthics, we are pleased to make available updated educational materials and tools. These practical, user-friendly resources are designed to help facilities and staff across VA create local IntegratedEthics programs.


Ethics Consultation: Responding to Ethics Questions in Health Care, a primer for ethics consultants featuring the CASES approach.

    Primer [PDF]
    Tools [PDF] (companion tools to support ethics consultation)

Preventive Ethics: Addressing Ethics Quality Gaps on a Systems Level, a primer on addressing ethics concerns proactively, featuring ISSUES, a step-by-step approach to ethics quality improvement.

    Primer [PDF]
    Tools [PDF] (companion tools to support preventive ethics)

Ethical Leadership: Fostering an Ethical Environment & Culture, a primer for health care leaders featuring the Ethical Leadership Compass, specific behaviors leaders should use to foster an ethical environment and culture.

    Primer [PDF]
    Tools [PDF] (companion tools to support ethical leadership)

Domains of Ethics in Health Care [PDF]

 

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