Research on ethics consultation system and ethics professional nurturing in Japanese clinical settings

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K08538
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Medical sociology
• Research Institution: Tohoku University
• Principal Investigator: Asai Atsushi 東北大学, 医学系研究科, 教授 (80283612)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 三浦 靖彦 東京慈恵会医科大学, 医学部, 講師 (40181854) ; 尾藤 誠司 独立行政法人国立病院機構(東京医療センター臨床研究センター), 臨床疫学研究室, 室長 (60373437) ; 板井 孝一郎 宮崎大学, 医学部, 教授 (70347053)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: clinical ethics / ethics consultation / ethics consultant / core competency / barriers / Japan / ethics committee / surrogate decision

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The present research project could produce five significant results. Firstly, we set up a hospital ethics committee consultant liaison conference and could establish a network where experts involved in clinical ethics consultation gather, and we held the conference four times. Secondly, we clarified issues related to our ethical consultation and future research topics. Third, we established a process of second opinion small group team ethics consultation and made ethical proposals for two consultation requests. Fourth, we conducted literature research on core competency required for clinical ethics consultants and clarified its essence. Finally, we were able to develop the results of this research as an empirical research on ethical issues involved in surrogate decision making in Japanese clinical settings.

Free Research Field

medical ethics