Discussing where practitioners may run into ethical disagreements with patients, their families, their caregivers, or even other staff, practitioners can recommend a solution that places the patients’ care first.

Developing and/or review guidelines to support one’s decisions allowing for one’s conscience to remain clear, as ethics will help dictate what the best decision should be for the ideal outcome.

Reviewing and strengthen a shared ethical framework that encompasses the entire hospice program, so that healthcare workers can feel assured that their co-workers are operating with the same intent as they are. This allows for easier communication between co-workers, fewer misunderstandings, and a greater sense of mutual trust in each other’s decisions.

Discussing healthcare practitioners review ethical guidelines to find the least obtrusive and most beneficial solution to a patient’s issue available, reducing the chance of risky or unnecessary procedures and treatments.