The Conflicts of Ethics and Law on Patient's Surrogate

• Conditions: Physician's Role

• Registration Number: NCT01267890
• Lead Sponsor: China Medical University Hospital

Brief Summary

This study is a prospective cross-sectional survey study. The investigators developed self-administrated questionnaire and recruit 120 physicians in two hospitals and 60 lawyers from some law firms to this study.

To realize and compare the opinions of physicians and lawyers about controversial decision-making of surrogate.

Detailed Description

This study provides three real scenarios regarding dilemma between ethics and law when patient's surrogate may not represent patient's best interest：1. Parents ask physician resect their mentally handicapped daughter's uterus. 2. A son refuse physician's suggestion of surgical treatment for his mother, instead, wishes donating his mother's kidney to his son. 3. A mother decides to give up treatment for her son's head injury because of his rebel behavior before.

T-test, ANOVA and Logistic Regression will be used to analyze in this study.

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2010-12
• Study Start: 2010-12
• Study First Submitted: 2010-12-28
• Study First Submitted QC: 2010-12-28
• Last Update Submitted: 2010-12-28
• Study First Posted: 2010-12-29
• Last Update Posted: 2010-12-29
• Primary Completion: 2011-05
• Study Completion: 2011-07

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 120

Inclusion Criteria

• resident
• visiting Staff
• chief resident

Exclusion Criteria

• intern
• clerk

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

China Medical University Hospital; 🇨🇳 Taichung, Taiwan