title: Ethics: a unifying force. The Tavistock Principles provide a decisionmaking framework for everyone.
abstract: A multidisciplinary group of health care leaders has developed a set of seven ethical principles that can provide everyone in an organization with a common language. Trustees should find the principles particularly helpful for setting policy.
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Sandrick
mesh_terms: D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D004991:Ethics, Institutional; D006075:Governing Board / Q000592:standards*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006752:Hospital Planning / Q000592:standards*; D015285:Hospital-Patient Relations; D006806:Human Rights; D006801:Humans; D015279:Organizational Culture; D016134:Organizational Policy; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D012941:Social Responsibility; D012945:Social Values; D014481:United States