title: Models of Ethics Consultation Used by Canadian Ethics Consultants: A Qualitative Study.
abstract: This article describes a qualitative study of models of ethics consultation used by ethics consultants in Canada. We found four different models used by Canadian ethics consultants whom we interviewed, and one sub-variant. We describe (1) the lone ethics consultant model, (1a) the hub-and-spokes sub-variant of this model; (2) the ethics committee model; (3) the capacity-building model; and (4) the facilitated model. Previous empirical studies of ethics consultation describe only two or three of these models.
authors.affiliation: Division of Community Health and Humanities, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University, St. John's, NL, Canada. christopher.kaposy@med.mun.ca.
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kaposy
authors.affiliation: Division of Community Health and Humanities, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University, St. John's, NL, Canada.
authors.forename: Fern
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Brunger
authors.affiliation: Division of Community Health and Humanities, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University, St. John's, NL, Canada.
authors.forename: Victor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Maddalena
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Theology, Queen's College, St. John's, NL, Canada.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Singleton
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D017041:Ethics Committees; D033061:Ethics Consultation / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D036301:Qualitative Research
keywords: Bioethics; Clinical ethics; Ethics consultation; Health care ethics; Organizational ethics