Research on a new method in healthcare ethics that integrate theoretical frameworks and clinical practices

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 22242001
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Philosophy/Ethics
• Research Institution: Niigata University
• Principal Investigator: MIYASAKA Michio 新潟大学, 医歯学系, 教授 (30282619)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): TOYABE Shin-ichi 新潟大学, 危機管理本部, 教授 (20227648) ; YAMANOUCHI Haruo 新潟大学, 医歯学系, 教授 (30134919) ; KURIHARA Takashi 新潟大学, 人文社会・教育科学系, 教授 (30170088) ; GOTO Kiyoe 独立行政法人国立病院機構新潟病院, 臨床研究部・臨床心理・遺伝カウンセリング研究室, 室長 (30331531) ; SAKAI Sayuri 新潟大学, 医歯学系, 准教授 (40436770) ; HOSOMI Hiroshi 金沢大学, 保健学系, 教授 (50165560) ; TAZAWA Ryushi 新潟大学, 医歯学総合病院, 准教授 (70301041) ; ADACHI Tomotaka 亀田医療大学, 看護学部, 准教授 (70458636) ; NAKATA Koh 新潟大学, 医歯学総合病院, 教授 (80207802) ; KAI Katsunori 早稲田大学, 法学学術院, 教授 (80233641)
• Project Period (FY): 2010-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 医療倫理 / 生命倫理 / バイオエシックス / 倫理原則 / 四分割表 / ナラティヴ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Our research project aimed at (1) to construct an integrated method of healthcare ethics, (2) to test the practicability of the method, and (3) to test the legal compatibility of the method. As the five-years outcome of the project, we developed a modified “four quadrants” that had been proposed by Jonsen et al to fit Japanese clinical context, and a “narrative protocol” that requires healthcare providers to carefully analyze how the case is experienced by individuals in different positions by means of collecting narratives. We also published research papers on clinical and legal analysis of ethical issues regarding Hansen’s disease (leprosy), terminal care, and genetic medicine.

Free Research Field

医療倫理学、生命倫理学