Ethics Committees in Nursing Homes

Resolution and Position Statements
Care Settings/Types, End-of-Life, Ethics, Attending Physician, Medical Director, Resident
Allied Health Professional, NP/PA, Patients & Families, Physician
February 1, 1997

Resolution D97
Becomes Policy February 1997

The American Medical Directors Association recommends that each nursing facility should have available an ethics mechanism to assist medical directors, attending physicians, residents, families and facilities in managing ethical decisions such as do-not-resuscitate issues and other end-of-life decisions.