BIOETHICS SEMINAR April 8, 2015, 4:10-5:30 pm 155 College St., Room 108 (main floor, to the right of the elevators) This event will be webcast: https://jcb.adobeconnect.com/bioethicsseminars/ Consensus in Clinical Ethics: A U.S. Delphi Study Leah McClimans, PhD, Associate Professor Placement Officer, Department of Philosophy Director of Undergraduate Studies, Women and Gender Studies University of South Carolina Abstract: The provision of clinical ethics services, e.g. consultation, education and policy work, are widespread across North American and Europe and is increasing in numbers. Nonetheless, very little is known about the quality of these services. One barrier to evaluation is a lack of consensus around the objectives and outcomes of these services. The aim of this paper is to present the results from the first two rounds of a three round Delphi study on the objectives and outcomes of clinical ethics services in the US. Participation is being and has been solicited via two professional bioethics listservs, MCW-Bioethics and ASBH. 155 College Street, Ste. 754, Toronto, Ontario M5T 1P8 Canada Tel.: [416] 978-2709 Fax: [416] 978-1911 jcb.utoronto.ca A partnership among the University of Toronto; Baycrest Health Sciences; Centre for Addiction and Mental Health; Centre for Clinical Ethics, a joint venture of Providence Healthcare, St. Joseph’s Health Centre, and St. Michael’s Hospital; Holland Bloorview Kids Rehab; The Hospital for Sick Children; Humber River Hospital; Mount Sinai Hospital; North York General Hospital; Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Toronto Community Care Access Centre; Trillium Health Partners; and University Health Network (Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, and Toronto Western Hospital).