Abstract

CARRILLO-GONZALEZ, Stephanye; LORDUY-GOMEZ, Jaime  and  MUNOZ-BALDIRIS, Ruby. Clinical and Care Bioethics Committees at Public and Private Healthcare Institutions of Medium and High Complexity Levels in Cities of the Atlantic Coast of Colombia. pers.bioét. [online]. 2019, vol.23, n.1, pp.122-136. ISSN 0123-3122.  https://doi.org/10.5294/pebi.2019.23.1.8.

Care bioethics committees are interdisciplinary groups engaged in providing education to members of said committees, all the staff in the hospital -including professors and students in their internship-, and members of the community. The objective of this study is to determine the situation of clinical and care bioethics committees at healthcare institutions in the Atlantic Coast of Colombia between 2010-2016. The study is cross-sectional, descriptive, and retro-prospective. Twenty-six health institutions that met the inclusion criteria were selected and administered a semi-structured survey. The statistical software SPSS version 22 was used to analyze the information. This study adhered to ethical research guidelines. The name most commonly given to committees is Hospital Ethics Committee. Only half have staff trained in ethics or bioethics and the most outstanding function is education in ethics; however, in the same percentage there are committees whose opinion is divided as their operation is unclear. Committees should follow existing ethical and bioethical models, and bills should be brought forward to help committees at healthcare institutions become more effective as regards their structure and operation.

Keywords : Bioethics; ethics committees; delivery of health care; education; Colombia; Atlantic Coast.

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