Ethics Consultations Related to Opioid Use Disorder

The opioid epidemic has resulted in an increased number of patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) hospitalized for serious medical conditions. The intersection between hospital ethics consultations and the opioid crisis has not received significant attention. The aim of this study was to characterize ethics consult questions among inpatients with OUD at our institution, Massachusetts General Hospital. We conducted a single-center retrospective...