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Pediatric Ethics Committee
The Hospital is dedicated to providing family-centered medically indicated health care while ensuring the preservation of each family's/patient's right to self-determination. To assist the health care system in establishing and maintaining an ethical environment, the Hospital has established a multidisciplinary Ethics Committee to provide a forum for consideration and discussion of the ethical aspects of medical practice, health care delivery, and organizational responsibility. The Ethics Committee is available to physicians, patients, and their families to provide counsel on such critical issues as ventilator use, feeding tubes, and dialysis. When medical, ethical and legal issues arise, Patient Services provides the link for an ethics consult. If you would like more information about the role of the Ethics Committee, you can ask a nurse, physician, social worker, chaplain or a representative from patient relations.
For more information visit:
The Ethics Committee of NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital
Chairman Dr. George Hardart
[email protected]
(212) 305-8458
Pager: #84801
Vice Chairman
Dr. John Driscoll
[email protected]
Evenings, Weekends and Holidays, contact:
Ask your nurse to contact the Pediatric Ethics Committee ethicist-on-call,or view the schedule at the website address above.
