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Physicians' Ethics Forum: a Web-based ethics consultation service.

Pekka Louhiala¹, Samuli Saarni, Katri Hietala

¹Vuorikatu 17 as 3, Hämeenlinna, Finland. pekka.louhiala@helsinki.fi

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A new service, the Physicians' Ethics Forum, was established in Finland to provide accessible ethics consultations. This electronic service proved cost-efficient over its initial six years of operation.

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Area of Science:

Medical Ethics
Healthcare Services Research

Background:

Physicians require accessible ethics consultation services.
Existing services may not meet all needs.
A novel approach was needed to address consultation demands.

Purpose of the Study:

To describe the experiences of the Physicians' Ethics Forum over its first six years.
To evaluate the feasibility and impact of an electronic ethics consultation service for physicians.

Main Methods:

Establishment of the Physicians' Ethics Forum in 2003.
Utilization of electronic communication for service delivery.
Analysis of operational experiences from 2003 to 2009.

Main Results:

The Forum provided a novel form of ethics consultation.
The service was designed to be cost-efficient.
Six years of operational experience were documented.

Conclusions:

The Physicians' Ethics Forum represents a potentially valuable model for medical ethics support.
Electronic communication offers a cost-efficient method for delivering specialized services to physicians.