The Ethical Matrix as a Tool for Decision-Making Process in Conservation

A matrix for ethical decision making in a pandemic. The Oregon tool for emergency preparedness.

By FR. JOHN F. TUOHEY, PhD Fr. Tuohey is director, Providence Center for Health Care Ethics, Providence St. Vincent Medical Center, Portland, Ore. I n recent years, there has been a great deal I of interest in emergency preparedness. _J^This is especially true in light of concerns about a pandemic of the H5N1 virus, the "bird flu."* Ethical concerns include ensuring access to basic resources su...

A Matrix for Ethical Decision Making in a Pandemic

n recent years, there has been a great deal of interest in emergency preparedness. This is especially true in light of concerns about a pandemic of the H5N1 virus, the “bird flu.”* Ethical concerns include ensuring access to basic resources such as health care, and the duties of professionals to perform their task in the face of such events.1† Like other states, Oregon set out to establish an e...

Conservation Ecology: The adaptive decision-making process as a tool for integrated natural resource management: focus, attitudes, and approach

Integrated natural resource management (INRM) and its many closely related approaches are generally considered to be more effective than single-disciplinary approaches for managing the complex resource issues http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol5/iss2/art11/ (1 of 18) [2/10/2009 4:47:12 PM] Conservation Ecology: The adaptive decision-making process as a tool for integrated natural resource mana...

Making Ethical Decisions. A six-step process should guide ethical decision making in healthcare.

A tool in the septoplasty decision making process

Subjective nasal obstruction is a common chronic complaint caused by mucosal disease, skeletal abnormality or a combination of both. The challenge is to determine the main cause and to decide whether the intervention should be medical or surgical. Diagnosis is done by a combination of rhinoscopy, subjective and objective assessments of nasal obstruction. Rhinomanometry measures the nasal airway...