Intended for healthcare professionals

Rapid response to:

Observations Ethics Man

Rethinking ward rounds

BMJ 2009; 338 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.b879 (Published 04 March 2009) Cite this as: BMJ 2009;338:b879

Rapid Response:

Sokols' Stamp

The Ethics Man strikes again.... Perhaps all wards could have a once
a week
ethics round, where by a medical ethicist can attend, listen to the
patient
narrative, the families concerns, the specialist opinion and then offer a
different
perspective. Unfortunately, I doubt there are enough Ethics Men and Women
to
provide such a service. Instead I plan to have this table converted into a
stamp,
and use it once a week on our consultant rounds, to focus the mind and
stimulate discussion. I shall call this Sokols' Stamp.

Competing interests:
None declared

Competing interests: No competing interests

08 March 2009
David R Warriner
CT1 Diabetes
Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, S5 7AU