Ethical issues in health care institutions. Lesson three: Hospital ethics committees.
The hospital ethics committee serves as the topic for this third lesson of a five-part WMU/AHRA magazine course on ethics. Proliferating during the last ten years and fostered by the Karen Ann Quinlan case, hospital ethics committees today function in three areas: education, development of guidelines and policies, and individual case consultation. Using specific examples in the discussion of each function, the authors give a detailed picture of the valuable contribution these committees make to the institutions they serve.
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Center for the Study of Ethics in Society, Western Michigan University.
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