Episode 1 - Clinical Ethics Consultations: Interview with Dr. Paul Ford, Director of Bioethics at the Cleveland Clinic

In this episode, we discuss clinical ethics consultations at the Cleveland Clinic with Director of Bioethics, Dr. Paul Ford. Dr. Ford discusses the structure of the department, how clinical consultations arise, the role of ethical dilemmas in health care and the goals of ethics consultations. He also discusses a case from a book he edited with D.M. Dudzinski, Complex Ethics Consultations: Cases That Haunt Us, as well as other cases involving complex human values.