ABOUT ELLEN FOX MD

 Ellen Fox, M.D., HEC-C is a bioethics consultant, educator, researcher, and policymaker. Her career has focused on working with public and private sector organizations to address pressing ethical issues in health care. She specializes in developing innovative approaches to complex social problems and managing systems-level change. As President of Fox Ethics Consulting, she helps hospitals, health care systems, academic institutions, professional societies, corporations, government agencies, and individuals with ethics consultation, policy development, strategic planning, and quality improvement. She also collaborates with other professionals on national initiatives, research projects, curriculum design, and academic publications and serves as an expert witness on legal cases.  

For more info about Dr. Fox, see her CV and LinkedIn site:

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The seven articles listed below describe the findings of a large, national study of ethics consultation and healthcare ethics programs in US hospitals. All seven articles are currently available online for free, though some sites require the user to register and log in in order to access the articles.

1. Ethics consultation in U.S. hospitals: A national follow-up study. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15265161.2021.1893547   
2. Ethics consultation in U.S. hospitals: Determinants of consultation volume.   https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15265161.2021.1893548   
3. Ethics consultation in U.S. hospitals: Opinions of ethics practitioners.   https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15265161.2021.1893550  
4. Ethics consultation in US hospitals: Assessment of training needs.   http://www.clinicalethics.com/2021323001.pdf   
5. Ethics consultation in U.S. hospitals: Adherence to national practice standards.   https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23294515.2021.1996118  
6. Ethics consultation in U.S. hospitals: New findings about consultation practices.  https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23294515.2021.1996117  
7. Health care ethics programs in U.S. hospitals: Results from a national survey.  https://bmcmedethics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12910-021-00673-9 

• After 20 Years Concerns About Hospital Ethics Consult Services Remain

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