Notes
1. We acknowledge that the parameters of this role are implicated in the debate on clinical ethics expertise, and are similarly the subject of deliberation.
2. This case was previously described by JPD and PJF (De Marco and Ford 2008).
3. See De Marco and Ford Citation2008 for further elucidation of the ethical reasoning in this case.
4. The consultant in this case was Dr. Jane Jankowski, staff ethicist at the Cleveland Clinic, who was joined by SLF. The authors gratefully acknowledge Dr. Jankowski’s comments in relation to the account of this case.