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. 2010 Mar;22(1):31-40.
doi: 10.1007/s10730-010-9126-5.

Exploring a model role description for ethicists

Paula Chidwick  1 , Jennifer Bell, Eoin Connolly, Michael D Coughlin, Andrea Frolic, Laurie Hardingham, Randi Zlotnik Shaul; Canadian Bioethics Society Taskforce on Working Conditions for Bioethics
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Exploring a model role description for ethicists

Paula Chidwick et al. HEC Forum. 2010 Mar.

Abstract

This paper provides a description of the role of the clinical ethicist as it is generally experienced in Canada. It examines the activities of Canadian ethicists working in healthcare institutions and the way in which their work incorporates more than ethics case consultation. The Canadian Bioethics Society established a "Taskforce on Working Conditions for Bioethics" (hereafter referred to as the Taskforce), to make recommendations on a number of issues affecting ethicists and to develop a model role description. This essay carefully assesses this model role description.

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