Healthcare Ethics Committees are a fairly new concept in response to the growing need and…

➤ How do ethics committees support clinical decision-making?
Committees provide bedside consultations, facilitate family and team meetings, review policies, and mediate conflicts. They apply ethical frameworks—autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence, and justice—to assess capacity, informed consent, and proportionality of interventions. Their recommendations guide clinicians, while final treatment decisions generally remain with the treating team and legally authorized surrogates.