Digitale werktuigkist met ethische overlegmethoden in de zorg

Digital toolbox with methods of ethical case deliberation in care This era is characterized by pluralism of values. Therefore, caregivers cannot find the answer to the question “How do I have to act to be a good caregiver?” any longer in old certainties, but in dialogue between everybody involved in a given care situation. It is necessary to hold this dialogue systematically. Especially in complex situations, moral case deliberation is, therefore, the most proper method. The essential point in each ethical deliberation is posing the accurate moral question, which doesn’t probe only into theoretical or practical knowhow, but interrogates what the persons involved in the given situation are permitted to do, must do or have to refrain from. There are a lot of different methods of ethical deliberation, but in principle, they all have the same basic structure consisting of 7 parts. Moral deliberation must always start from the facts that occur in a specific situation, but one must look beyond the bare facts. Humans essentially give meaning to the facts that happen in their lives. Ethical deliberation should especially give attention to this sense-making. In practice, moral deliberation is not always practicable due to the lack of time. Therefore, more compact methods of ethical deliberation were developed. In order to place all these methods at everyone’s disposal, 2 websites with a digital toolbox were created: one in Dutch and one in French.