title: Does legislating hospital ethics committees make a difference? A study of hospital ethics committees in Maryland, the District of Columbia, and Virginia.
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Hoffmann
mesh_terms: D026688:Bioethical Issues; D004219:District of Columbia; D026822:Ethicists; D028741:Ethics Committees, Clinical; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D033161:Government Regulation; D006740:Hospital Administrators; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D033241:Lawyers; D007882:Legislation, Hospital; D008396:Maryland; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D011367:Professional Staff Committees / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012380:Role; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014768:Virginia; D028761:Withholding Treatment