title: Hospital ethics committees: four case studies.
abstract: The New Jersey Supreme Court decision in the Quinlan case started a trend in hospitals: the formation of ethics committees. This article highlights the ethics committees of several hospitals, discussing their professional makeup, their scope, and their individual purposes.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Esqueda
mesh_terms: D004989:Ethics; D028741:Ethics Committees, Clinical; D004991:Ethics, Institutional; D006761:Hospitals; D011367:Professional Staff Committees / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States