Health
Ethics and Clinical decision-making
Aims
To advance knowledge in the field of bioethics, improving and formalising the training of ICU clinicians. To develop and research individual methods for ethical decision-making, focusing on generating robust evidence in this under-developed area, especially around end-of-life care.
Research Themes
- Ethical decision-making framework around end-of-life care
- Models of palliative care in the critically ill
- Role of human factors/ religion/ culture/ personal biases on critical care decision-making
- Bioethics in critical care training
Leadership
- Dr Victoria Metaxa
Theme membership and internal collaborators
- Alex Ruck Keene (Barrister – Visiting Professor KCL)
- Rachel Burman (KCH Consultant – Senior Lecturer KCL)
- Phil Hopkins (KCH Consultant – Senior Lecturer KCL)
- Gareth Owen (Consultant Psychiatrist – Professor of Psychological Medicine, Ethics and Law KCL)
- Robert Elias (KCH Consultant)
- Sergio Canestrini (KCH Consultant)
Project status: Starting