Upholding patient rights through ethical policymaking.
How can the board ensure that appropriate bioethical policies are established and maintained within its institution? The author examines the ethical concerns that deserve special consideration by trustees: protecting the patient's right of self-determination; minimizing the need for judicial intervention; and ensuring that the hospital examines and reviews the ethical issues that are most relevant to patients, staff members, and the community.
D004989:Ethics; D004991:Ethics, Institutional; D006075:Governing Board; D006761:Hospitals; D010344:Patient Advocacy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011050:Policy Making; D014481:United States