After a recent (obligatory) symposium on Medical Ethics, in the Q&A afterwards I suggested that we were moving away from Ethics-driven Ethics to Legal-driven Ethics.
IOW, do what you are least likely to be sued for rather than what is old-time ethically correct.
The Chairman was not happy, "I sincerely hope that you are wrong1"
She later cornered me and said that it was a very worrying statement.
So it goes.
Stick to the written SOPs and you're safe (but possibly dead - a much more desirable place to be than a Court of Law).