Status:

COMPLETED

Ethical Dilemmas in Clinical Practice: A Survey of European Physicians

Lead Sponsor:

National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)

Conditions:

Ethics

Eligibility:

All Genders

21+ years

Brief Summary

This study will survey a random sample of 2,100 general medicine physicians in Europe and in the U.S. about ethical difficulties they face in their practice of medicine. The participants will complete...

Detailed Description

Ethics support services are being developed in many European countries, but the evidence base concerning the types of ethical dilemmas faced by physicians in these countries is small. The ways in whic...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • INCLUSION CRITERIA:
  • Physicians in Italy, Norway, Switzerland, the UK, and the U.S.
  • Clinical activity in Primary Care or Internal Medicine.
  • EXCLUSION CRITERIA:
  • Physicians who are not in direct patient care for at least 20% of their time.
  • Physicians who have not been in direct patient care for at least one year immediately prior to the study.

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    September 1 2002

    Trial Type :

    OBSERVATIONAL

    Allocation :

    ACTUAL

    End Date :

    July 14 2014

    Estimated Enrollment :

    1357 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT00352573

    Start Date

    September 1 2002

    End Date

    July 14 2014

    Last Update

    January 3 2022

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    National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, 9000 Rockville Pike

    Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20892