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Veterinärmedizinische Universität Wien

Using clinical ethics support services to help veterinary team members navigate ethically challenging situations

Ethically challenging situations are common in both non-clinical and clinical veterinary settings. Where they cannot be resolved in alignment with our values, they may lead to moral distress, mental health morbidity, role attrition, career attrition and (possibly) mental health mortality. Research from human healthcare settings demonstrate that these factors negatively impact clinical outcomes, patient safety and satisfaction.

There is growing interest in clinical ethics support services as a means of reducing moral distress associated with ethically challenging situations.

In this workshop we will discuss the following questions:

  1. What are the advantages and limitations of different types of clinical ethics support services?
  2. How might clinical ethics support services be implemented in clinical settings – what are the potential barriers and how can these be overcome?
  3. How can clinical ethics support services be facilitated?
  4. What resources might help facilitators?

Max. Number of Participants:

20

Anne Quain

Organizer Anne Quain 

Anne Quain is a senior lecturer in the Sydney School of Veterinary Science. She is a Member of the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists Animal Welfare Chapter and a Diplomat of the European College of Animal Welfare and Behavioural Medicine in Animal Welfare Science, Ethics and Law. She is the co author of Veterinary Ethics: Navigating Tough Cases with Dr Siobhan Mullan, and co-editor of The Vet Cookbook, a collegial collaboration to promote wellbeing in the veterinary sector. She has written over 70 academic articles and book chapters, and submitted a doctoral thesis on ethically challenging situations encountered by veterinary team members. She also works in private practice as a general practitioner for companion animals.

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