Practical Experiences in the Work of Institutional Ethics Committees in Croatia on the Example of the Ethics Committee at Clinical Hospital Center Rijeka (Croatia)

Friković, Aleksandra; Gosić, Nada

doi:10.1007/s10730-006-7986-5

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“…CES support is now a feature of at least some hospitals in Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Finland, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Netherlands, New Zealand, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, to name just a few (McNeill, 2001;Meulenbergs, Vermylen, and Schotsmans, 2005;Aleksandrova, 2008;Gaudine et al, 2010;Frikovic and Gosic, 2006;Guerrier, 2006;Louhiala et al, 2011;Wenger et al, 2002;Hurst et al, 2007a;Akabayashi et al, 2008;Bankauskaite and Jakusovaite, 2006;Dauwerse et al, 2011;Macdonald and Worthington, 2012;Hurst et al, 2008;Slowther, McClimans, and Price, 2012).…”

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Clinical Ethics Support in Contemporary Health Care

Doran¹,

Kerridge²,

Jordens³

et al. 2016

Oxford Handbooks Online

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This chapter discusses clinical ethics support services (CES Services), the development of which has arisen to help respond to ethical issues arising in health care settings. CES services are comprised of an individual or group, usually in an organization, who can provide a suite of services to support all stakeholders in identifying and managing ethical issues they face. While there is a degree of consensus about the potential value of such services, they are also the focus of ongoing theoretical, methodological and political debates. The aim of this chapter is to provide health care managers with an account of how and why CES services are becoming a part of the contemporary organizational landscape of health care, and describe the concerns that bioethicists and others have raised regarding their role, function and dissemination.

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Clinical Ethics Support in Contemporary Health Care

Doran¹,

Kerridge²,

Jordens³

et al. 2016

Oxford Handbooks Online

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“…[3][4][5] CES services are an established feature of healthcare in the US and Canada and are becoming so in the UK and elsewhere in Europe and Asia. [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18] The growth of such services internationally is often taken to indicate a growing perceived need among clinicians for assistance with the many ethical and legal issues they face. [14][15][16][17] Although clinicians have always faced complex ethical decisions, the need for CES is driven by factors that have increased the ethical complexities of patient care, such as greater social and value plurality, technological advances and heightened patient autonomy.…”

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Managing ethical issues in patient care and the need for clinical ethics support

Doran¹,

Fleming²,

Jordens³

et al. 2015

Aust. Health Review

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Objective. To investigate the range, frequency and management of ethical issues encountered by clinicians working in hospitals in New South Wales (NSW), Australia.Methods. A cross-sectional survey was conducted of a convenience sample of 104 medical, nursing and allied health professionals in two NSW hospitals.Results. Some respondents did not provide data for some questions, therefore the denominator is less than 105 for some items. Sixty-two (62/104; 60%) respondents reported occasionally to often having ethical concerns. Forty-six (46/105; 44%) reported often to occasionally having legal concerns. The three most common responses to concerns were: talking to colleagues (96/105; 91%); raising the issue in a group forum (68/105; 65%); and consulting a relevant guideline (64/105; 61%). Most respondents were highly (65/99; 66%) or moderately (33/99; 33%) satisfied with the ethical environment of the hospital. Twenty-two (22/98; 22%) were highly satisfied with the ethical environment of their department and 74 (74/98; 76%) were moderately satisfied. Most (72/105; 69%) respondents indicated that additional support in dealing with ethical issues would be helpful.Conclusion. Clinicians reported frequently experiencing ethical and legal uncertainty and concern. They usually managed this by talking with colleagues. Although this approach was considered adequate, and the ethics of their hospital was reported to be satisfactory, most respondents indicated that additional assistance with ethical and legal concerns would be helpful. Clinical ethics support should be a priority of public hospitals in NSW and elsewhere in Australia.

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