Ethics Committee

A routine chart review was supposed to be a formality.When elder-law attorney Marisol Vandermeer-Pelletier accepts a community-member assignment from a hospital ethics committee, she expects to review a single case and prepare a brief memorandum. Instead, a careful examination of the records reveals a series of troubling inconsistencies between the hospital's documented ethical framework and the way critical end-of-life decisions appear in patient charts.Tasked with expanding her review across hundreds of cases, Marisol begins a meticulous investigation into institutional practices, documentation standards, and the systems designed to protect patients and families during their most vulnerable moments.As patterns emerge from the records, the questions become harder to ignore. Are these isolated administrative lapses—or evidence of a deeper institutional problem?Thoughtful, intelligent, and grounded in the realities of healthcare governance, The Ethics Committee explores accountability, professional responsibility, and the difficult work of pursuing the truth within complex organizations.