Clinical Ethics Group
The GEC ( Ethical Advisory Group) aims to support healthcare teams in ethical reflection and decision-making in difficult situations. It seeks to foster dialogue among those involved, helping them to find their own ethical solutions. Its opinion is advisory and not binding. It also contributes to ethical reflection in the organization of care and in health prevention.
Team
The GEC is a multidisciplinary group, composed of doctors, midwives, nurses, psychologists, educators, philosophers, sociologists, lawyers, health economists, hospital administrators, user representatives and doctors appointed by the Calvados Medical Council.
All are bound by professional secrecy. Files are presented in anonymized form.
The Clinical Ethics Group
Why consult the GEC ?If you are faced with an ethical issue in the field of healthcare, you can seek the opinion of the GEC. This consultation must concern a specific situation involving a patient, whether clinical or related to hospital life.
The GEC is not intended to resolve general issues or provide medical advice. It is not a specialist body and will not be consulted for interpersonal disputes or complaints.
Since its creation, the GEC has notably addressed the following themes:
- consent of patients under guardianship,
- limitations of care in neonatology and geriatrics,
- care of a patient at the end of life,
- recognition and implementation of advance directives…
Who can access the GEC ?- a patient
- one of his relatives
- a member of the hospital staff
- a healthcare team.
