Investigating Clinical Ethics Consultation in Uganda: A Case Study at the Uganda Cancer Institute
Paul R Sewankambo
Abstract
Healthcare providers (HCPs), hospital administrators, patients, and caregivers worldwide increasingly face complex moral, social, cultural, ethical, and legal challenges during clinical care. In high-income countries (HICs), both formal and informal clinical ethics support services (CESSs) are often employed to mediate bioethical conflicts involving HCPs, patients, and their families. However, in many African nations, including Uganda, there is limited information on the approaches used to addre
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BioethicsClinical EthicsMedicineNursingFamily medicineHealth careFace (sociological concept)CancerConfidentialityNursing ethicsInformed consentResearch ethicsMedical ethicsEthical issuesMEDLINETanzaniaEngineering ethicsPatient advocacyMedical educationEthics committeePatient careCancer treatmentHealthcare systemAlternative medicineHealth servicesEthics in medical practicePatient Dignity and PrivacyEthics in Clinical Research