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Table 3 Department requesting clinical ethics consult

From: A review of clinical ethics consultations in a regional healthcare system over a two-year timeframe

Department

Consults with recorded department

(n = 84)

 

n

%

General Medicine / Hospitalist

38

45.2

Critical Care

14

16.7

Trauma Surgery

6

7.1

Psychiatry

5

6.0

OB/GYN

5

6.0

Emergency

3

3.6

General Surgery

2

2.4

Oncology

2

2.4

Neonatology

2

2.4

Palliative Care

2

2.4

Pediatrics

1

1.2

Nephrology

1

1.2

Cardiology

1

1.2

Cardiac Surgery

1

1.2

Orthopedic Surgery

1

1.2