Ruolo ed attività di un Comitato di Bioetica in un Centro di cure palliative: l’esperienza di Antea

The article deals with the activities of the “Antea” Ethics Committee (CB-Antea), a non-profit association dedicated to providing free care for advanced/terminal patients. CB-Antea was established in 2008, aimed to protect and promote the values of the human person in all scientific and charitable activities that take place within the Association. This activity is expressed through the formulation of behavioral guidelines and the expression of advices for addressing issues in palliative medicine and care; the careful evaluation of the principles and standards that underlie a good health professional – patient relationship, through information and consent to medical procedures that take place in Antea. This body has been proposed, from the outset, as the place for sharing the care process, in which experts from different disciplines could help support both the medical staff to assume a shared ethical professional style and the patients and their families to better address all potentially conflicting issues.