The Rainbow Ethics Committee has been active for more than a decade and is the current mechanism for grappling with many of the ethical challenges encountered at Rainbow.
The committee, co-chaired by Dr. Anne Lyren and Lauren McAliley, operates as part of the Clinical Ethics Program at University Hospitals of Cleveland and serves in an advisory capacity to clinicians, families and children. The committee functions as a multi-disciplinary sounding board for some of the most troubling cases at Rainbow.
The RCPE provides organizational support to the Rainbow Ethics Committee, arranging both the scheduled monthly meetings and necessary emergency case review meetings. In this way, the RCPE provides a much-needed infrastructure for this important hospital function.
Patients, their families, health care professionals or other members of the hospital staff may request an ethics consent by calling (216) 844-3536