title: Identifying Sources of Clinical Conflict: A Tool for Practice and Training in Bioethics Mediation.
abstract: Bioethics mediators manage a wide range of clinical conflict emanating from diverse sources. Parties to clinical conflict are often not fully aware of, nor willing to express, the true nature and scope of their conflict. As such, a significant task of the bioethics mediator is to help define that conflict. The ability to assess and apply the tools necessary for an effective mediation process can be facilitated by each mediator's creation of a personal compendium of sources that generate clinical conflict, to provide an orientation for the successful management of complex dilemmatic cases.
authors.affiliation: University of Pennsylvania, Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, 3401 Market Street, Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19104, USA. ejb@gear3.net.
authors.forename: Edward J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Bergman
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000628:therapy; D000066491:Clinical Decision-Making / Q000941:ethics*; D003142:Communication; D016265:Conflict of Interest; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D004644:Emotions; D004645:Empathy; D026822:Ethicists / Q000193:education*; D033061:Ethics Consultation / Q000941:ethics / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D006040:Goals; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D017008:Negotiating / Q000379:methods*; D015279:Organizational Culture; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000941:ethics*; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations / Q000941:ethics; D010820:Physicians / Q000523:psychology; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000628:therapy; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000941:ethics*; D035502:Trust