Background Ethical conflicts complicate clinical practice and often compromise
communication and teamwork among patients, families, and clinicians. As ethical conflicts …

Background Moral dilemmas and ethical conflicts occur in critical care. Negative
consequences include misunderstandings, mistrust, patient and family suffering, clinician …

Background Ethical conflicts, often leading to poor teamwork and moral distress, are very
challenging to patients, patients' families, and health care providers. A proactive approach to …

Objective To determine the following: a) whether ethics consultations in the intensive care
setting reduce nonbeneficial treatments, defined as days in the intensive care unit (ICU) and …

Objective: To investigate whether the proactive intervention of a clinical ethicist in cases of
prolonged lengths of stay in a critical care setting reduces nonbeneficial treatment while …

Since its introduction into the practice of medicine, ethics consultation has been perceived
as useful in addressing conflicts regarding medical treatment decisions, particularly in the …

Objective: To assess the effect of proactive ethics consultation on documented patient care
communications and on declsions regarding high-risk intensive care unit (ICU) patients …

Objectives: Clinical ethics consultation as a mechanism for supporting patients, family, and
staff during ethically challenging situations has become standard of care. Despite this, there …

Aim: To examine interprofessional healthcare professionals' perceptions of triggers and root
causes of moral distress. Design: Qualitative description of open-text comments written on …

Although evidence-based research is limited, results suggest that ethics consultations are
associated with reductions in hospital days and intensive care unit days and in life …