The social worker's role on the institutional Ethics Committee.
As institutional Ethics Committees become more prevalent in hospitals, social workers will be serving as committee members. The evolution of IECs is reviewed; and their proposed functions of education, policy-development, case consultation and/or review are examined. Potential roles for social work in the implementation of each function are suggested.
D004989:Ethics; D004991:Ethics, Institutional; D006268:Health Facilities; D006801:Humans; D011367:Professional Staff Committees / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012947:Social Work; D014481:United States