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Online ethics discussion forum facilitates medical center clinical ethics case reviews.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20195081     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Clinical ethics consultants are increasingly called upon to give counsel in the clinical arena on issues including but not limited to withdrawal or withholding of specific medical treatments, assisting minors and mentally impaired patients with care decisions, working with difficult patients and families, identifying appropriate surrogate decision makers, and executing advance directives and end-of-life decisions. Often, the consultant may need to convene the ethics committee members to review and provide feedback for a given case. This process may be difficult to schedule in a timely way because of member's clinical and other work-related obligations. To this end, the University of Illinois Medical Center in Chicago has set up a unique Web board to facilitate ongoing case discussions via a secured, password-protected ethics committee online forum. This allows for real-time review by all ethics committee members. We will explain our online process as well as discuss our clinical case experiences.
Authors:
David J Ramsey; Mary Lou Schmidt; Lisa Anderson-Shaw
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  JONA'S healthcare law, ethics and regulation     Volume:  12     ISSN:  1539-073X     ISO Abbreviation:  JONAS Healthc Law Ethics Regul     Publication Date:    2010 Jan-Mar
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-03-02     Completed Date:  2010-06-02     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  100888423     Medline TA:  JONAS Healthc Law Ethics Regul     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  15-20     Citation Subset:  N    
Affiliation:
Department of Ophthalmology, The Wilmer Eye Institute, John Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
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Descriptor/Qualifier:
Ethics Committees, Clinical*
Ethics Consultation*
Humans
Interdisciplinary Communication
Internet*
United States

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