title: The hospital ethics committee. Health care's moral conscience or white elephant?
authors.affiliation: Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, Calif.
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Blake
mesh_terms: D026688:Bioethical Issues; D032764:Casuistry; D032921:Consensus; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D026689:Ethical Analysis; D028781:Ethical Relativism; D026724:Ethical Review; D028663:Ethical Theory; D017041:Ethics Committees / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D028741:Ethics Committees, Clinical; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D016134:Organizational Policy; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D010684:Philosophy; D012380:Role; D012945:Social Values