Role of Clinical Ethics Support Services in End-of-Life Care and Organ Transplantation

Picozzi, Mario; Roggi, Sara; Gasparetto, Alessandra

doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2019.03.086

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“…Some examples are as follows: the compelling theme of the choice of patients to be treated, when the disproportion between needs and resources becomes unsustainable [22]; the ethical dilemmas regarding the withdrawal of life-sustaining treatments [23] (in some cases, the prolonging of a "biology" does not mean the prolonging of a "biography"); and the donation of organs for transplant, above all after circulatory death [24][25][26][27].…”

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The need for clinical ethics consultation: a monocentric observational survey study in the intensive care unit (Consul.E.T.I. study)

Filippini

Nicoli

Picozzi

et al. 2022

J Anesth Analg Crit Care

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Background The current organizational structure of the Italian healthcare system does not include the institutionalization of clinical ethics services. To describe the need for structured clinical ethics consultation services for ICU staff members in the intensive care unit (ICU), a monocentric observational survey study was performed utilizing a paper-based questionnaire. Results A total of 73 healthcare professionals (HCPs) responded out of a team of 84 people (87%). The results showed that the need for ethics consultation in the ICU is urgent, the institutionalization of the clinical ethics service is perceived as useful and should be a priority, and the issues on which the HCPs would like ethics consultation to focus are various and belong to “end of life” topics. Conclusions HCPs believe that the clinical ethicist should become an integral part of ICU healthcare teams, offering consultations similar to the other specialistic consultations carried out in hospitals.

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