A.
Clinical ethics is the attention to the actual problems of ethics & values which arise in the direct care of patients & in the organization & processes of the institutions & settings where health care is delivered, providing a foundation for the entire field of bioethics.
B.
In the context of patient care as well as medical & health professionals' education, clinical ethics is the core content area which provides the foundation & anchor point for a multitude of humanistic approaches to medicine & health care such as history, sociology, law, & literature.
C.
Clinical ethics depends on the larger discipline of bioethics, which in turn draws upon disciplines such as moral philosophy, health law, communication skills, & clinical medicine.
D.
Central to the practical application of clinical ethics is the ability to identify & analyze an ethical question & to reach a reasonable conclusion & recommendation for action.