title: Point and counterpoint: should the ethics committee visit the patient? No: HEC members should not visit the patient.
authors: University of Arizona Medical Center, Tucson 85724.
authors: K V
authors: KV
authors: Iserson
mesh_terms: D003657:Decision Making; D028741:Ethics Committees, Clinical; D004991:Ethics, Institutional; D006801:Humans; D008020:Life Support Care / Q000592:standards; D010358:Patient Participation; D011367:Professional Staff Committees / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States; D014789:Visitors to Patients