Percepción de médicos intensivistas de adultos sobre el aporte de la consultoría ético-clínica / Opinion about clinical ethics consultation among intensivist physicians
Rev. méd. Chile
; 149(7): 997-1003, jul. 2021. tab, graf
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ABSTRACT
Background:
Clinical ethics consultation services and their methods vary and they are seldom evaluated. Only one formal system of individual clinical ethics consultation has been reported in Chile, with a ten-year registry.Aim:
To evaluate the opinion of intensivist physicians about the contribution of clinical ethics consultation. Material andMethods:
An anonymous and voluntary questionnaire consulting their opinion about clinical ethics consultations was sent to 38 intensivist physicians.Results:
The questionnaire was answered by 28 professionals. Eighty four percent of respondents considered that ethics consultation contributed to improve patients' quality of care, 92% responded that this practice helps in decisions about limitation of treatments or life support, and 96% expressed that it also was a positive support for patients and their relatives. Seventy two percent of respondents considered that ethics consultations enhanced their ethical sensibility, 76% that they improved their understanding of clinical ethics topics, and 72% declared that it decreased their stress in complex decision-making.Conclusions:
Clinical ethics consultation provides a positive support for improvements in clinical decision-making and in the quality of patients' care.Palavras-chave
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Médicos
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Consultoria Ética
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
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Humans
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Es
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Rev. méd. Chile
Assunto da revista:
MEDICINA
Ano de publicação:
2021
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Article