Clinical ethics committee
Our attitude
When acting we are always aware of our special responsibility
- to preserve the inviolable human dignity
- to respect each person’s individuality
- to support a self-determined way of life as well as social integration and, thus,
- to take into consideration the needs of society.
Extract from the corporate vision of the "Pfalzklinikum", included in the preamble of the agenda of the clinical ethics committee.
Targets
The ethics committee contributes to realizing the corporate vision of the "Pfalzklinikum".
In particular, responsibility, the right of self-determination, confidence, respect and compassion as lived ethical values shall characterize the decisions and mutual contact.
The ethical committee is a forum for debating difficult questions that are subject of great ethical controversy. It offers the possibility of ethically reflecting upon and coming to terms with subjects and decisions of the fields of medicine, care, organization and economy.
Tasks
- Developing guidelines for patient-oriented actions under special consideration of medical-ethical questions
- Counselling relatives, patients and residents concerning ethical questions relating to treatment and medical care in the "Pfalzklinikum"
- Counselling all employees of the "Pfalzklinikum" concerning ethical questions relating to treatment and medical care, upon request. Discussion and assessment of individual situations
- Counselling the executive board, the clinical centre’s board of directors and the management of the facilities concerning ethical questions relating to patients’ and residents’ treatment and medical care
- Sensitizing employees for ethical aspects of their actions
- Encouraging the implementation of ethical principles in the daily work and within the tasks of the respective professional groups. Offering incentives for ethical reflection upon professionalism of all employees of the "Pfalzklinikum", e.g. by means of continuing education and additional professional training
- Attending to ethically relevant questions arising from the context of the history of the "Pfalzklinikum" during the Nazi era.
The ethics committee is an independent and advisory board. It can draft proposals for principles and guidelines concerning ethical questions.
Data security and privacy
Sessions and meeting records of the clinical ethics committee are confidential. All incidents and data of single situations are anonymized. The regulations on doctor/patient confidentiality and data security and privacy are complied with.
Members
Juliane Dohren, Gabriele Feith-Hofe, Birgit Fuchs, Susanne Christ, Ursula Weber Jörg-Uwe Bayerle, Dr. Roland Kupper, Dr. Beate Funk, Joachim Geiling, Ruth Graf, Martin Kästle, Michael Klanig
Executive board
Dr. Michel Noetzel (chairman)
Dorothee Spengler-Katerndahl (vice chairwoman)
Prof. Dr. Norbert Paul (University of Mainz)
Fritz-Stefan Rau