Are there biases that might prejudice the providers

 Are there biases that might prejudice the provider’s evaluation of the patient’s quality of life?
 What ethical issues arise concerning improving or enhancing a patient’s quality of life?
ASSESSMENT
DEPARTMENT
 Do quality-of-life assessments raise any questions regarding changes in treatment plans, such as
forgoing life-sustaining treatment?
 What are plans and rationale to forgo life-sustaining treatment?
 What is the legal and ethical status of suicide?
CONTEXTUAL FEATURES
The Principles of Justice and Fairness
 Are there professional, interprofessional, or business interests that might create conflicts of interest in
the clinical treatment of patients?
 Are there parties other than clinicians and patients, such as family members, who have an interest in
clinical decisions?

 What are the limits imposed on patient confidentiality by the legitimate interests of third parties?
 Are there financial factors that create conflicts of interest in clinical decisions?
 Are there problems of allocation of scarce health resources that might affect clinical decisions?
 Are there religious issues that might affect clinical decisions?
 What are the legal issues that might affect clinical decisions?