Relevance of clinical ethics support services in specialized outpatient palliative care teams and inpatient hospices
Carola Seifart, Marcel Engelhardt, Irene Portig, Timo Sauer, Christian Volberg · 2026
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Carola Seifart, Marcel Engelhardt, Irene Portig, Timo Sauer, and Christian Volberg surveyed German palliative care teams and hospices about ethics support services, in this 2026 study. Such services help teams work through hard moral conflicts at the end of life. Whether teams can reach them, use them, and value them was unknown.
The survey went to hundreds of home palliative teams and inpatient hospices, and over half the home teams replied. Two thirds of teams had access to ethics advice, yet most held fewer than five consultations a year. Teams still rated the advice as highly useful, saying it steadied decisions and eased burdens. Members trained in ethics used the services more. The authors urge structured ethics training inside palliative teams.
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| CREATOR | Carola Seifart, Marcel Engelhardt, Irene Portig, Timo Sauer, Christian Volberg |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 44 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |