title: Dollars, dilemmas, and the deliverance of care: strategies to promote ethical awareness.
abstract: In the face of fiscal restraints, shrinking resources, and a bottom line emphasis, the imperative question is how home care agencies and hospices can promote ethical practice, awareness, and concern. By establishing an ethics committee and encouraging discussions on ethical dilemmas, home care and hospice providers can ensure that dollars do not overshadow care delivery.
authors.affiliation: St. Agnes Hospital Hospice Hope and Home Oxygen DME, Fond du Lac, WI, USA.
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Hughes
mesh_terms: D019090:Case Management; D003253:Consultants; D004995:Ethics, Professional; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*; D006738:Hospices / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010934:Planning Techniques; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D014481:United States