Perhaps machine learning systems trained on patients’ electronic health records and social media footprints could be used as decision aids when patients lack capacity or face overwhelming decisions.

Telemedicine is fast becoming a reliable medium for convening ethics deliberations and bringing expert assistance to remote locations.

Decision aids could help clinicians know when to request ethics consultation or re-evaluate blood product usage in a specific patient care situation.

The convening power of clinical ethics committees stems from their reputation for fairness and procedural legitimacy in addressing and resolving ethically complex cases.

Legal inconsistencies and variation in end-of-life options generate disparities in care for unrepresented patients.

Current policy requires separate informed consent for some Public Health Service increased-risk donors, and this can make shared decision making harder.

Because research on the efficacy of approaches to addiction recovery is inconclusive, clinicians should recommend several, including 12-step approaches.

Despite clear donor consent, health professionals must communicate clearly about death to family members to avoid confusion.

A patient- and family-centered approach can illuminate possible risks and benefits of bone marrow donation to child donors and sibling recipients.