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May 19, 2022Open Access

Clinical Ethics Consultations: A Scoping Review of Reported Outcomes

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JBJennifer BellUniversity Health NetworkMSMarina SalisUniversity Health NetworkETEryn TongUniversity Health Network

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Implication

Scoping review identifies and maps outcomes of clinical ethics consultations in healthcare, suggesting improvements for standardization.

Key Points

  • The review aims to identify and map reported outcomes in clinical ethics consultations (CEC) across healthcare settings.
  • Searched electronic databases for primary studies involving patients, clinicians, and healthcare staff.
  • Mapped outcomes across six a priori conceptual domains: personal, process, healthcare utilization, clinical, quality, and economic factors.
  • Included 48 heterogeneous studies with varied methodologies and outcomes.
  • Top outcome domains reported were quality (31 studies), process factors (23 studies), and clinical factors (16 studies).
  • Few studies utilized validated measurement tools, hindering standardization.
  • All six outcome domains showed multidimensional aspects with diverse subthemes.

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Bell et al. (2022) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a20757bc7fd8e96e4f5fcaehttps://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-1530817/v1
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