Patients' Rights and Ethics Committee, Douglas Hospital Centre.
The authors outline the history and activities of a Patients' Rights and Ethics Committee established by a major psychiatric hospital. In this context they discuss the impact of contemporary issues, the need to re-emphasize rights that have been established, and various factors influencing the approach and effectiveness of such a Committee.
D004989:Ethics; D004991:Ethics, Institutional; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D011367:Professional Staff Committees / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011792:Quebec