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Anticipating Ethics Conflicts. Most ethics conflicts are recurring, that is, the basic ethics issue is recurring, such as end-of-life conflicts or boundary conflicts Training materials from Rural Health Care Ethics: A Manual for Trainers . WA Nelson and KE Schifferdecker,
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Anticipating Ethics Conflicts • Most ethics conflicts are recurring, that is, the basic ethics issue is recurring, such as end-of-life conflicts or boundary conflicts Training materials from Rural Health Care Ethics: A Manual for Trainers. WA Nelson and KE Schifferdecker, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH
Anticipating Ethics Conflicts • Because ethics conflicts • are frequently recurring conflicts • And have significant negative impact on the organizations, staff and patients • Rural professionals should develop strategies to anticipate and potentially reduce the impact of ethics conflicts
Interventions to Decrease Ethical Conflicts • Facilitate a root cause analysis following ethics conflicts • Identify cause of conflict • Consider and embrace corrective actions • Develop a proactive approach to ethics to address recurring ethical conflicts • Identify ethical challenges throughout the organization or clinic • Develop and propagate ethical practice guidelines to decrease there impact
Apply a Proactive Approach to Ethics Conflicts • Use quality improvement approaches • Establish clinical and organizational ethical practice guidelines • Direct activities to enhance the quality of care and the practice’s overall culture