The quality manager for VHA Handbook 1004.08 There is an unwavering ethical Adverse events that cause surgical services found a Disclosure of Adverse Events obligation to disclose to harm to patients on surgical number of instances in which to Patients patients harmful adverse services be disclosed to should adverse events that caused events that have been the patient or personal harm should have been sustained in the course of care, representative [unless patient disclosed to patients or including cases where the is deceased, incapacitated, or personal representatives were harm may not be obvious, or otherwise unable to take part in not disclosed. where there is potential for the process and there is no harm to occur in the future. personal representative]. Exclusion(s): Patient is deceased, incapacitated, or otherwise unable to take part in the process, and there is no personal representative. MODULE 2 MODULE 3 ETHICS ISSUE 3: Ethical Practices in End-of-Life Care—Other
The quality manager for surgical services found a number of instances in which adverse events that caused harm should have been disclosed to patients or personal representatives were not disclosed. VHA Handbook 1004.08 Disclosure of Adverse Events to Patients There is an unwavering ethical obligation to disclose to patients harmful adverse events that have been sustained in the course of care, including cases where the harm may not be obvious, or where there is potential for harm to occur in the future. Exclusion(s): Patient is deceased, incapacitated, or otherwise unable to take part in the process, and there is no personal representative. Adverse events that cause harm to patients on surgical services should be disclosed to the patient or personal representative [unless patient is deceased, incapacitated, or otherwise unable to take part in the process and there is no personal representative]. MODULE 2 MODULE 3 ETHICS ISSUE 3: Ethical Practices in End-of-Life Care—Other
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