Ethical climate and intention to leave among critical care clinicians: an observational study in 68 intensive care units across Europe and the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Apart from organizational issues, quality of inter-professional collaboration during ethical decision-making may affect the intention to leave one's job. To determine whether ethical climate is associated with the intention to leave after adjustment for country, ICU and clinicians characteristics.

Methods

Perceptions of the ethical climate among clinicians working in 68 adult ICUs in 12 European countries and the US were measured using a self-assessment questionnaire, together with job characteristics and intent to leave as a sub-analysis of the Dispropricus study. The validated ethical decision-making climate questionnaire included seven factors: not avoiding decision-making at end-of-life (EOL), mutual respect within the interdisciplinary team, open interdisciplina

SUBMITTER: Van den Bulcke B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6954133 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature