Table 2

Percentage of CEC reporting on specific functions

Function2008 (%) (n=107)
1. Plan education for CEC members89.7
2. Plan ethics education for health professionals84.1
3. Counsel and support for physicians82.2
4. Counsel and support for nurses80.4
5. Counsel and support for health professionals79.4
6. Advise administration about organisational ethics issues68.2
7. Review ethics consults in patient care to advise administration/board on the need for policies/procedures60.7
8. Counsel and support for patients/family61.7
9. Review ethics consults in patient care to identify and develop policies/procedures49.5
10. Review ethics consults in patient care to review quality of the ethics consultation service43.9
11. Advise administration about resource allocation25.2
12. Advise administration about human resource issues16.8
13. Make decisions about continuing life support15.9
14. Others*23.0

  • ↵* Other functions include policy development and review, reviewing ethics issues and making recommendations, ethics education including clients and families, pandemic planning, etc.

  • CEC, clinical ethics committee.