Ethics Consultation in U.S. Hospitals: Opinions of Ethics Practitioners.
Am J Bioeth
; 22(4): 19-30, 2022 04.
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ABSTRACT
To design effective strategies to improve ethics consultation (EC) practices, it is important to understand the views of ethics practitioners. Previous U.S. studies of ethics practitioners have overrepresented the views of academic bioethicists. To help inform EC improvement efforts, we surveyed a random stratified sample of U.S. hospitals, examining ethics practitioners' opinions on EC in general, on their own EC service, on strategies to improve EC, and on ASBH practice standards. Respondents across all categories of hospitals had very positive perceptions of their own ethics consultation service (ECS) and few concerns about quality. Our findings suggest that the ethics-related needs of small, rural, non-teaching hospitals may be very different from those of academic medical centers, and therefore, different approaches to addressing ethical issues might be warranted.
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MEDLINE
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Consultoria Ética
Tipo de estudo:
Guideline
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Humans
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En
Ano de publicação:
2022
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