20.500.12556/RUL-126750 How health care professionals confront and solve ethical dilemmas - a tale of two countries: Slovenia and Croatia Aim: To assess the differences in the way how Slovenian and Croatian health care professionals (HCPs) confront ethical dilemmas and perceive the role of hospital ethics committees (HECs). Methods: This cross-sectional, survey-based study involved HCPs from three Slovenian and five Croatian university medical centers (UMC). The final sample sizes were 308 (244 or 79.2% women) for Slovenia and 485 (398 or 82.1% women) for Croatia. Results: Compared with Croatian physicians, Slovenian physicians reported a higher share of ethical dilemmas regarding waiting periods for diagnostics or treatment, suboptimal working conditions due to interpersonal relationships in the ward, and end-of-life treatment withdrawal, and a lower share regarding access to palliative care and patient information protection. Compared with Croatian nurses, Slovenian nurses reported a lower share of ethical dilemmas regarding the distribution of limited resources, recognizing the patient's best interests, and access to palliative care. Compared with Croatian other HCPs, Slovenian other HCPs reported a lower burden of ethical dilemmas regarding waiting periods for diagnostics or treatment, distribution of limited resources, and access to palliative care. When encountering an ethical dilemma, all HCPs in both countries would first consult their colleagues. Slovenian and Croatian HCPs recognized the importance of the HECs to a similar extent, but viewed their role differently. Conclusion: Croatian and Slovenian HCPs are confronted with different ethical dilemmas and perceive the role of HECs differently. health care professionals ethical dilemmas hospital ethics committees true false true Angleški jezik Angleški jezik Članek v reviji 2021-05-05 13:54:22 2021-05-05 13:54:23 2022-09-06 03:48:41 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2021 0 0 Str. 120-129 iss. 2 Vol. 62 2021 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 614:174 0353-9504 10.3325/cmj.2021.62.120 61959171 http://www.cmj.hr/2021/62/2/33938651.htm 1 9bf333ae-ad98-11eb-a523-00155dcfd717 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=142815 RAZ_Grosek_Stefan_2021.pdf RAZ_Grosek_Stefan_2021.pdf 1 5534B7361F9F341800F8F8F7CE6CC51A 64b4f9775d79bfc66df6e702c20d17a29740a299fb23bdf1a9b946c905e6c760 eee26d6c-ad98-11eb-a523-00155dcfd717 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=142816 Zdravstvena fakulteta 0 0 0