Ethics committees: their share in the advocacy role.
In the wake of escalating health care costs and advances in technology, health care faces an ever-increasing number of ethical dilemmas. Never before has the need for advocacy been greater, and never before has the role of ethics committees as advocates for patients and families been as imperative.
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