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Box 1 Common procedural steps during a CECC [21]

From: Clinical ethics case consultation in a university department of cardiology and intensive care: a descriptive evaluation of consultation protocols

1. Eliciting of medical, nursing, psychosocial and value-related aspects of the case

2. Definition of the ethical problem(s)

3. Structured ethical analysis

4. Identification of possible actions to proceed with in clinical practice

5. Interdisciplinary decision and recommendation about the next action(s)