Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know about Their Work's Intersection with Clinical Ethics

Meaghann S. Weaver*, Renee D. Boss, Myra J. Christopher, Tamryn F. Gray, Stephanie Harman, Vanessa N. Madrigal, Kelly N. Michelson, Erin T. Paquette, Rebecca D. Pentz, Sara Scarlet, Connie M. Ulrich, Jennifer K. Walter

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Palliative care (PC) subspecialists and clinical ethics consultants often engage in parallel work, as both function primarily as interprofessional consultancy services called upon in complex clinical scenarios and challenging circumstances. Both practices utilize active listening, goals-based communication, conflict mediation or mitigation, and values explorations as care modalities. In this set of tips created by an interprofessional team of ethicists, intensivists, a surgeon, an attorney, and pediatric and adult PC nurses and physicians, we aim to describe some paradigmatic clinical challenges for which partnership may improve collaborative, comprehensive care.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)656-661
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of palliative medicine
Volume25
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2022

Funding

Dr. Walter’s contribution to this publication was supported by the National Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number K23HL141700.

Keywords

  • clinical ethics
  • ethics
  • health care ethics
  • palliative care
  • teamwork

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
  • General Nursing

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