Paediatric Bioethics Centre, University College London, Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, NIHR Great Ormond Street Hospital Biomedical Research Centre, London, UK
Durham Law School, University of Durham, Durham, UK.
Arch Dis Child. 2022 Mar;107(3):e18. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2021-322671. Epub 2021 Nov 29.
The need for local ethics advice during the COVID-19 pandemic has put a spotlight on clinical ethics committees (CECs) and services. In this review, we focus on paediatric CECs that raise both generic questions and specific issues. In doing this, we acknowledge the broader roles of education, research and staff support some bioethics teams have developed but focus on the main areas of clinical ethics support to clinical teams. We raise 12 questions about the role, remit and responsibilities of CECs, provide preliminary answers to these and set out the next steps for the development of ethics support both in paediatric practice and more generally.
在 COVID-19 大流行期间，对当地伦理建议的需求使得临床伦理委员会（CEC）和服务成为焦点。在这篇综述中，我们专注于提出一般性问题和具体问题的儿科 CEC。在这样做的过程中，我们承认一些生物伦理团队已经发展了更广泛的教育、研究和员工支持角色，但专注于为临床团队提供临床伦理支持的主要领域。我们提出了 12 个关于 CEC 的角色、职权范围和责任的问题，对这些问题进行了初步回答，并为儿科实践和更广泛的伦理支持的发展制定了下一步措施。
