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Med Klin Intensivmed Notfmed · Oct 2012
[Ethic rounds in intensive care. Possible instrument for a clinical-ethical assessment in intensive care units].
- N Scheffold, A Paoli, J Gross, U Riemann, and M Hennersdorf.
- Medizinische Klinik I, Klinikum Memmingen, Bismarkstraße 23, Memmingen, Germany. norbert.scheffold@klinikum-memmingen.de
- Med Klin Intensivmed Notfmed. 2012 Oct 1; 107 (7): 553-7.
AbstractEthical problems, such as medical end-of-life decisions or withdrawing life-sustaining treatment are viewed as an essential task in intensive care units. This article presents the ethics rounds as an instrument for evaluation of ethical problems in intensive care medicine units. The benchmarks of ethical reflection during the ethics rounds are considerations of ethical theory of principle-oriented medical ethics. Besides organizational aspects and the institutional framework, the role of the ethicist is described. The essential evaluation steps, as a basis of the ethics rounds are presented. In contrast to the clinical ethics consultation, the ethicist in the ethics rounds model is integrated as a member of the ward round team. Therefore ethical problems may be identified and analyzed very early before the conflict escalates. This preventive strategy makes the ethics rounds a helpful instrument in intensive care units.
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