Ethics Preface Introduction Ethics in medicine definitions and background Ethical theory and practice Thinking ethically Medical decision making for patients with and without decision making capacity Autonomy Informed consent Surrogate decision making Cultural diversity and cultural relativism Limiting life sustaining therapies Palliative care in ICU Conflicts in the intensive care unitShared decision making Interprofessional shared decision making Shared decision making between team and the patient or family Ethical decision making climate Perspectives of clinical ethics regarding intensive care medicine The appropriateness of intensive care treatment Institutional admission policies Prioritization Ethics in Clinical research Clinical Research Informed Consent Challenges of research in intensive care Healthcare incentives in clinical research Fraud in Clinical Research Summary Ethics Ethics Table of contents: Preface Introduction Ethics in medicine definitions and background Ethical theory and practice Thinking ethically Medical decision making for patients with and without decision making capacity Autonomy Informed consent Surrogate decision making Cultural diversity and cultural relativism Limiting life sustaining therapies Palliative care in ICU Conflicts in the intensive care unit Shared decision making Interprofessional shared decision making Shared decision making between team and the patient or family Ethical decision making climate Perspectives of clinical ethics regarding intensive care medicine The appropriateness of intensive care treatment Institutional admission policies Prioritization Ethics in Clinical research Clinical Research Informed Consent Challenges of research in intensive care Healthcare incentives in clinical research Fraud in Clinical Research Summary Ethics Preface Introduction Ethics in medicine definitions and background Ethical theory and practice Thinking ethically Medical decision making for patients with and without decision making capacity Autonomy Informed consent Surrogate decision making Cultural diversity and cultural relativism Limiting life sustaining therapies Palliative care in ICU Conflicts in the intensive care unitShared decision making Interprofessional shared decision making Shared decision making between team and the patient or family Ethical decision making climate Perspectives of clinical ethics regarding intensive care medicine The appropriateness of intensive care treatment Institutional admission policies Prioritization Ethics in Clinical research Clinical Research Informed Consent Challenges of research in intensive care Healthcare incentives in clinical research Fraud in Clinical Research Summary Ethics