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NCT00352573
Ethical Dilemmas in Clinical Practice: A Survey of European Physicians
trial in Ethics in 1,357 participants. Completed in 14 July 2014.
14 July 2014
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC) |
|---|---|
| Status | Completed |
| Study type | OBSERVATIONAL |
| Enrollment | 1,357 |
| Start date | 1 September 2002 |
| Primary completion | 14 July 2014 |
| Estimated completion | 14 July 2014 |
| Sites | 1 location across United States |
Conditions studied
- Ethics — all drugs for Ethics →
Sponsor
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)
Who can join
21 and older, any sex, with Ethics. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
This study will survey a random sample of 2,100 general medicine physicians in Europe and in the U.S. about ethical difficulties they face in their practice of medicine. The participants will complete a questionnaire designed to meet the following study objectives: * Identify the types of ethical dilemmas physicians report that they face in their practice and approaches they find helpful in responding to these situations * Determine what ethical support physicians would find useful in dealing with ethically problematic situations * Explore physicians experience with 'bedside rationing', due to economic or societal constraints, what procedures they forgo as a result, and what criteria they use in their rationing decisions * Explore physicians perceptions of the equity of the health care system they work in * Determine what interventions directed at limiting health care costs physicians would find acceptable. Physicians in Italy, Norway, Switzerland and the United Kingdom who practice direct patient care for at least 20 percent of their time may enroll in this study. The practice of medicine sometimes involves situations where important values come into conflict. The refusal of life-saving treatment, the concern that telling the truth could have problematic consequences, acceptable ways of facing a request to die all are examples of dilemmas that can arise in the practice of medicine. The absence of clear-cut 'right answers' to questions raised by these situations have led to the development of support services, such as ethics consultations, to help in decision-making concerning ethical problems that arise in clinical settings. Information from this survey can provide input into the continuing development of ethics support services by establishing an evidence base regarding the ethical difficulties encountered by physicians and the type of support they would consider useful in resolving these dilemmas.
Publications & conference data
No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial. Completed trials usually publish results within 12-18 months.
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- WHO ICTRP — international registry index
- EU Clinical Trials Register
- Sponsor press releases (Google)
- Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT00352573 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
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- Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)
- Last refreshed: 3 January 2022
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