Are Ethics Committees in Tune With the “Epidemiology of Ethical Issues”?

Toward a Model That Encourages the Recruitment of Ethics Consultants With Clinical Experience

“…We should convey the message of academic bioethics in a credible and appealing way to all areas of health care institutions in order to create the understanding that ethics is an obligation and not a devotion. In order to achieve this, it would be appropriate for ethics committees to look into the real needs of the professionals in their institutions in relation to ethics in order to be in tune with their mission (Altisent, Buil, and Delgado-Marroquín 2012). While this perspective may be seen to apply to the United States without causing problems, in many countries the distance between the expert field of bioethics and health care staff at a patient's bedside is so great that much work needs to be done.…”

Una nueva vitalidad para el futuro de los Comités de Ética Asistencial

“…Para ello, conviene conocer la epidemiología ética de lo que está ocurriendo en el entorno asistencial de referencia 4 Una nueva vitalidad para el futuro de los comités de ética asistencial Altisent, R; Fernández-Letamendi,T. y Delgado-Marroquín, MªT http://doi.org/10.30860/0057 necesitamos mejorar la formación en metodología de la investigación, sobre todo cualitativa, porque nos será muy útil para lograr este fin: disponer de un mapa de epidemiología ética.…”

Health Care Ethics Consultation. Individual Consultant or Committee Model?: Pros and Cons

“…In the light of the different advantages and drawbacks of both models, it is important to assess the preferences and needs of the health care professionals, patients, and families seeking ethical consultations (Altisent, Buil, and Delgado-Marroquín 2012). A number of authors (La Puma and Schiedermayer 1994), have spent years defending the need for both figures, given their shared synergies and complementarity.…”