1. L’apport d’une unité de concertation éthique pour la pratique professionnelle en néphrologie validé par un protocole de recherche
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Rachel Tetaz, Hamza Naciri-Bennani, Eric Fourneret, Jocelyne Maurizi-Balzan, Johan Noble, Lionel Rostaing, Laurence Cimar, Service de néphrologie, dialyse, aphérèses et transplantation, Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-CHU Grenoble, BrainTech Laboratory [CHU Grenoble Alpes - Inserm U1205] (Brain Tech Lab ), CHU Grenoble-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), Institut des sciences juridique et philosophique de la Sorbonne - UMR 8103 (ISJPS), Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (UP1)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre de Recherches Juridiques (CRJ ), Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019]), Service de néphrologie, hémodialyse, aphérèses, transplantation rénale, CHU Grenoble-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), CHU Grenoble-Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019]), CHU Grenoble-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019]), and CCSD, Accord Elsevier
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Nephrology ,Protocol (science) ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Palliative care ,[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] ,education ,030232 urology & nephrology ,Medical practice ,Viewpoints ,3. Good health ,Unit (housing) ,[SDV] Life Sciences [q-bio] ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Nursing ,Multidisciplinary approach ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Psychology ,Qualitative research - Abstract
For more than 10 years, nephrologists in the Grenoble-region have sought advice from the Ethical Concertation Unit in Nephrology with regards to whether to stop or continue dialysis for patients under palliative care. This process deserves a multidisciplinary debate between health professionals and qualified non-health professionals. Thus, we organized a qualitative research protocol in three parts (medical, philosophical, judicial) to explore this issue. Our study aimed to assess the impact of Ethical Concertation Unit in Nephrology's discussions regarding perception, knowledge, and judicial and ethical considerations. The practical repercussions of decision-making within medical practice, its impacts on the patient and his/her family, as well as associated-health professionals, was assessed. To achieve this, two questionnaires and an interview were organized by three Ethical Concertation Unit in Nephrology-leaders to review the viewpoints of the 22 permanent Ethical Concertation Unit in Nephrology members that had participated in 10 Ethical Concertation Unit in Nephrology sessions between 2015 and 2016 to discuss 21 case-reports. Only 13 persons (4 physicians, 6 nurses, 3 non-health professionals) agreed to respond to the questionnaires, and six physicians agreed to participate in an interview. Overall, it was found that most affected patients' physicians agreed with the multidisciplinary discussion, which included judicial and ethical perspectives, and felt reassured with regards to Ethical Concertation Unit in Nephrology's final decision. However, our study showed that Ethical Concertation Unit in Nephrology's functioning could be improved by promoting its existence more widely, by making these decisions earlier within clinical situations, to make Ethical Concertation Unit in Nephrology more accessible to health workers, to make reports easier to understand, to re-examine a posteriori some clinical situations, and to broaden the scope of multidisciplinary skills.
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- 2019
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