Establishing a clinical ethics support service: lessons from the first 18 months of a new Australian service - a case study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although the importance of clinical ethics in contemporary clinical environments is established, development of formal clinical ethics services in the Australia health system has, to date, been ad hoc. This study was designed to systematically follow and reflect upon the first 18 months of activity by a newly established service, to examine key barriers and facilitators to establishing a new service in an Australian hospital setting.

Methods

HOW THE STUDY WAS PERFORMED AND STATISTICAL TESTS USED: A qualitative case study approach was utilised. The study gathered and analysed data using observations of service committee meetings, document analysis of agendas and minutes, and semi-structured interviews with committee members to generate semantic themes. By interpret

SUBMITTER: Hoon E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10422737 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature