Nicoli Federico, Grossi Alessandra Agnese, Testa Jacopo, Picozzi Mario
J Clin Ethics. 2023 Spring;34(1):79-91. doi: 10.1086/723428.
AbstractDifferent methods are available in clinical ethics consultation. In our experience as ethics consultants, certain individual methods have proven insufficient, and so we use a combination of methods. Based on these considerations, we first critically analyze the pros and cons of two well-known methods in the working field of clinical ethics, namely Beauchamp and Childress's four-principle approach and Jonsen, Siegler, and Winslade's four-box method. We then present the circle method, which we have used and refined during several clinical ethics consultations in the hospital setting.
