title: The social worker's role on the institutional Ethics Committee.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: D004989:Ethics; D004991:Ethics, Institutional; D006268:Health Facilities; D006801:Humans; D011367:Professional Staff Committees / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012947:Social Work; D014481:United States