Establishment of education and training method of ethics consultation based on the current state of hospital ethics committees in Japan

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24610003
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Bioethics
• Research Institution: Kyoto University
• Principal Investigator: DOWA Yuri 京都大学, 医学(系)研究科(研究院), 医員 (60625200)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): TAKIMOTO Yoshiyuki 東京大学, 医学(系)研究科 (00396699)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 臨床倫理コンサルテーション / 病院倫理委員会 / 意思決定支援 / autonomy / 告知

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We carried out a questionnaire, interviews and a content analysis to establish education and training method of hospital ethics committee (HEC) in Japan. The questionnaire survey was carried out for the 2433 hospitals certified by Japan Council for Quality Health Care. We also interviewed eight people of six hospitals who had much ethics consultation (EC) experience. Furthermore, a content analysis about 32 oncological EC records was carried out at University of Tokyo Hospital patient relations and clinical ethics consultation center. As the result, the barriers to promote HEC were popularity among hospital staff, awareness of ethical issue, and equally relationship. Further most essential things to do EC were decision-making, notification and relatives.
To educate and train to do EC, case studies focused on autonomy and role playing method were most effective. We also found the secretariat was important to conduct HEC.

Free Research Field

臨床倫理