Humanities

Ethics Consultation

Services provided by an individual ethicist (ETHICISTS) or an ethics team or committee (ETHICS COMMITTEES, CLINICAL) to address the ethical issues involved in a specific clinical case. The central purpose is to improve the process and outcomes of patients' care by helping to identify, analyze, and resolve ethical problems.

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Abstract

Services provided by an individual ethicist (ETHICISTS) or an ethics team or committee (ETHICS COMMITTEES, CLINICAL) to address the ethical issues involved in a specific clinical case. The central purpose is to improve the process and outcomes of patients' care by helping to identify, analyze, and resolve ethical problems.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Consultation, Ethics
  • Consultations, Ethics
  • Ethics Consultations

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Aspects Covered

9 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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History Note

2003; use ETHICAL REVIEW 2002

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Previous Indexing

  • Ethical Review (2002)
  • Ethics Committees (1992-2001)
  • Referral and Consultation (1988-2001)

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  1. K01w.752w.566w.479w.117.200
  2. N04w.452.758.849w.174
  3. N05.350w.250.200

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NLM Classification

WB 60

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Ethics Consultation. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D033061. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D033061
  2. Ethics Consultation. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q58620126