Patient safety and ethical aspects: scoping review

Abstract The objective was to identify the ethical aspects present in the context of patient safety in health services. This was a scoping review on the following databases: Lilacs, Medline, Ibecs, BDENF, CINAHL, SciELO and Google Scholar in September 2019. Original research papers, experience report, theoretical studies, and editorials were included. The review comprised 32 studies published between 2004 and 2019. Seven categories emerged from the analysis: organizational and team factors; communication with patient; incident reporting; beneficence and non-maleficence; justice; autonomy and potential elements of ethics in patient safety. The results of this review may be useful to improve the sensitivity of healthcare professionals working in patient care about the ethical aspects that involve patient safety.