Table 7 Open and closed questions in the two sections of the Euro-MCD instrument
Euro- MCD I (before the first MCD) | |
1. Imagine participating in Moral Case Deliberations. Please formulate in your own words 3 to 5 outcomes that you consider important to reach in order to support you and your co-workers in managing ethically difficult situations* in everyday clinical practice. | Open question |
Regarding the 26 items: | Closed |
2. How important is each of the outcomes to you? | ‘Very’ |
‘Quite’ | |
‘Somewhat’ | |
‘Not’ | |
‘Cannot take stand’ | |
3. Please list 5 of above outcomes that you consider as most important. | Open question |
Euro-MCD II (after multiple MCDs) | |
1. Please write down in your own words outcomes of the MCD that you have experienced during the MCD meeting(s) | Open questions |
2. Please write down outcomes of the MCD that you have experienced afterwards, in the everyday clinical practice at your workplace | |
Regarding the 26 items: | Closed |
3. Have you experienced the outcome during the MCD meeting(s)? | ‘In high degree’ |
4. Have you experienced it after the MCD, in the everyday clinical practice? | ‘In quite high degree’ |
5. How important is the outcome to you? (Very, quite, somewhat, not, cannot take stand) | ‘In some’ |
‘Not at all’ | |
‘Cannot take stand’ | |
6. Please list 5 of above outcomes that you consider as most important (irrespective whether you have experienced them or not). | Open questions |
7. What should be improved during the MCD meetings? | |