Oregon Health Decisions. An experiment with informed community consent.
Oregon Health Decisions is a citizen-based project intended to develop statewide awareness of severe bioethical dilemmas. The project has set in motion civic means for addressing and resolving problems in Oregon's health provision system associated with personal autonomy, equity of access, prevention of illness, and humane cost containment. The process of civic involvement with consequent results is described together with the implications for future health policy in Oregon and elsewhere.
D026683:Advisory Committees; D026688:Bioethical Issues; D001675:Bioethics; D003256:Community Participation / Q000379:methods*; D003363:Cost Control; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005582:Foundations / Q000458:organization & administration; D006286:Health Planning Councils / Q000458:organization & administration; D006291:Health Policy; D006295:Health Resources / Q000600:supply & distribution; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006307:Health Systems Agencies / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D009922:Oregon; D010358:Patient Participation; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D011314:Preventive Health Services; D040841:Resource Allocation; D012945:Social Values; D014481:United States