In Italy, the implemented reform concerning the reorganisation of research ethics committees has rekindled the debate on the need to also regulate ethics consultation in relation to ethical issues that may arise in clinical practice. The solutions put forward to date are essentially threefold: to assign research ethics committees also the task of dealing with the ethical aspects of clinical practice; to introduce ethics committees specifically set up for clinical practice; to plan a multilevel intervention, assigning to clinical ethics services the task of providing ethics consultation at the bedside and training of healthcare professionals, and to clinical ethics committees the role of reviewing consultation and drawing up general recommendations on clinical ethics issues. This contribution is therefore intended to analyse and offer an interpretation on this topic. To this end, we will first analyse the documents produced by the Italian National Bioethics Committee and the studies conducted in Italy in recent years that have investigated the attitudes of healthcare professionals on the subject. Secondly, we will present the current scenario and, in particular, the tasks and characteristics of ethics consultation carried out in healthcare institutions. Finally, based on what has been outlined, we will provide an operational proposal developed within the Clinical Ethics Research Centre of the University of Insubria.
In Italia, l’entrata in vigore dei provvedimenti riguardanti la riorganizzazione dei Comitati Etici Territoriali (CET) ha riacceso la discussione relativa alla necessità di regolamentare anche lo svolgimento di attività di natura consultiva svolte al fine di affrontare le questioni etiche che possono emergere nella pratica clinica. Le soluzioni prospettate sono ad oggi sostanzialmente tre: affidare ai CET il compito di far fronte anche degli aspetti etici connessi alla pratica clinica; introdurre Comitati etici appositamente istituiti per la pratica clinica; prevedere un intervento su più livelli, che assegni a dei Servizi di etica clinica il compito di assicurare la consulenza etica al letto del malato e la formazione degli operatori sanitari e ai Comitati etici per la partica clinica un ruolo di revisione delle consulenze e di elaborazione di raccomandazioni generali sui temi dell’etica clinica. Il presente contributo intende quindi analizzare e fornire un’interpretazione della questione. A tal fine verranno innanzitutto analizzati i documenti prodotti dal Comitato Nazionale per la Bioetica (CNB) e gli studi condotti in Italia negli ultimi anni che hanno indagato le attitudini degli operatori sanitari sul tema. In secondo luogo, verrà presentato lo scenario attuale e, in particolare, i compiti e le caratteristiche della consulenza etica svolta negli enti assistenziali. Infine, sulla base di quanto esposto, verrà formulata una proposta operativa maturata in seno al Centro di Ricerca in Etica Clinica (CREC) dell’Università degli Studi dell’Insubria.
Clinical ethics committees and clinical ethics services. A proposal for Italy. = Comitati etici per la pratica clinica e servizi di etica clinica. Una proposta operativa per l’Italia
Picozzi M.;Ferioli E.;Grossi A. A.;Nicoli F.;Cattorini P. M.
2023-01-01
Abstract
In Italy, the implemented reform concerning the reorganisation of research ethics committees has rekindled the debate on the need to also regulate ethics consultation in relation to ethical issues that may arise in clinical practice. The solutions put forward to date are essentially threefold: to assign research ethics committees also the task of dealing with the ethical aspects of clinical practice; to introduce ethics committees specifically set up for clinical practice; to plan a multilevel intervention, assigning to clinical ethics services the task of providing ethics consultation at the bedside and training of healthcare professionals, and to clinical ethics committees the role of reviewing consultation and drawing up general recommendations on clinical ethics issues. This contribution is therefore intended to analyse and offer an interpretation on this topic. To this end, we will first analyse the documents produced by the Italian National Bioethics Committee and the studies conducted in Italy in recent years that have investigated the attitudes of healthcare professionals on the subject. Secondly, we will present the current scenario and, in particular, the tasks and characteristics of ethics consultation carried out in healthcare institutions. Finally, based on what has been outlined, we will provide an operational proposal developed within the Clinical Ethics Research Centre of the University of Insubria.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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