Clinical Ethics Committee case 5: Should we discharge our vulnerable patient to a family who seem unable to look after her?

Philosophical discussions of ‘best interests’ are often framed in terms of ‘wellbeing’. The three theoretical approaches to wellbeing discussed here are adapted from: Hope T , Savulescu J , Hendrick J . Medical Ethics and Law: The Core Curriculum. 2nd edn. London: Elsevier, 2008:34–6