title: Community bioethics: the health decisions community council.
abstract: Health care decision making in modern society can pose a variety of complex issues for consideration by individuals, families, and providers. The Health Decisions Community Council (HDCC), a community-based bioethics committee, was established to offer a noninstitutional forum for discussion of difficult health care dilemmas. Social work skills and values for autonomy and self-determination are essential to the formation of the HDCC as a model for community bioethics discussions.
authors.affiliation: GM Consulting Group, Prescott, AZ 86302.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gallegos
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mrgudic
mesh_terms: D026688:Bioethical Issues; D001675:Bioethics; D032802:Committee Membership; D003657:Decision Making; D026724:Ethical Review; D028741:Ethics Committees, Clinical; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006295:Health Resources; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D012947:Social Work; D035141:Voluntary Programs