Abstract
This study aims to identify the effect and problem of ethics consultation team (ECT) intervention in ethics conferences. Interviews of nine ethics conference participants were conducted and the obtained data were qualitatively analyzed. The categories of effects were as follows : “Can be considered in a timely”, “Can be understood the opinions and discussed by multidisciplinary team”, “Can be discussed cases carefully and objectively”, “ECT will facilitate the consultation in ethics conference”, “Can be organized concepts and specific procedures for ethical issues”, “Can be obtained various awareness”, “The medical team can provide support according to the patient’s values and preference”, “Unified recognition and shared support methods among healthcare professionals”, “Can be considered as a consensus of the entire hospital”, “Healthcare professionals can provide support with confidence”, “Reduces the psychological burden on healthcare professionals”, “Gets new knowledge and can utilize it for other cases”and of problem were as follows : “Lack of knowledge of ethics”, “Cannot exchange opinions with ECT equally”, “No results can be obtained with expectation”, “Cannot be applied too much individuality with cases”.
