| Characterisation of organisational issues in paediatric clinical ethics consultation: a qualitative study. | |
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PMID: 19644005 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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BACKGROUND: The traditional approach to resolving ethics concerns may not address underlying organisational issues involved in the evolution of these concerns. This represents a missed opportunity to improve quality of care "upstream". The purpose of this study was to understand better which organisational issues may contribute to ethics concerns. METHODS: Directed content analysis was used to review ethics consultation notes from an academic children's hospital from 1996 to 2006 (N = 71). The analysis utilised 18 categories of organisational issues derived and modified from published quality improvement protocols. RESULTS: Organisational issues were identified in 68 of the 71 (96%) ethics consult notes across a range of patient settings and reasons for consultation. Thirteen of the 18 categories of organisational issues were identified and there was a median of two organisational issues per consult note. The most frequently identified organisational issues were informal organisational culture (eg, collective practices and approaches to situations with ethical dimensions that are not guided by policy), policies and procedures (eg, staff knows policy and/or procedural guidelines for an ethical concern but do not follow it) and communication (eg, communication about critical information, orders, or hand-offs repeatedly does not occur among services). CONCLUSIONS: Organisational issues contribute to ethical concerns that result in clinical ethics consults. Identifying and addressing organisational issues such as informal culture and communication may help decrease the recurrence of future similar ethics concerns. |
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Authors:
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D J Opel; B S Wilfond; D Brownstein; D S Diekema; R A Pearlman |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Journal of medical ethics Volume: 35 ISSN: 1473-4257 ISO Abbreviation: J Med Ethics Publication Date: 2009 Aug |
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Created Date: 2009-07-31 Completed Date: 2009-12-16 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 7513619 Medline TA: J Med Ethics Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 477-82 Citation Subset: E; IM |
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Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, Washington, USA. djopel@u.washington.edu |
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Adolescent Child Child, Preschool Ethics Consultation / ethics*, organization & administration, standards Ethics, Clinical* Humans Infant Infant, Newborn Organizational Culture Organizational Objectives Organizational Policy* Pediatrics / ethics*, organization & administration, standards Qualitative Research Washington |
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