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    Area of Science:

    • Bioethics
    • Medical Ethics
    • Healthcare Communication

    Background:

    • Clinical ethics consultations are crucial for complex medical decision-making.
    • Perspectives from individuals undergoing these consultations are underrepresented in bioethics literature.
    • Understanding stakeholder experiences is vital for improving ethical care.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To explore the experiences of diverse stakeholders who have undergone clinical ethics consultations.
    • To analyze the reasons for requesting ethics consultations.
    • To examine narrator expectations and conclusions drawn from these consultations.

    Main Methods:

    • Analysis of twelve narrative accounts from individuals receiving ethics consultations.
    • Focus on three key themes: reasons for consultation, expectations, and conclusions.
    • Qualitative synthesis of stakeholder experiences.

    Main Results:

    • Identified varied reasons for seeking ethics consultations among healthcare providers and family members.
    • Documented diverse expectations narrators held regarding the consultation process.
    • Synthesized conclusions drawn by authors from their ethics consultation experiences.

    Conclusions:

    • Clinical ethics consultations involve diverse stakeholder perspectives.
    • Understanding patient and provider expectations is key to effective consultations.
    • Narrative accounts offer unique insights into the impact of ethics consultations on decision-making and care.