title: A toolbox for healthcare ethics program development.
abstract: A comprehensive healthcare ethics program in a medical treatment facility develops ethical competence in staff members and creates a climate for ethical practice. This article describes a successful ethics program, provides examples of clinical and organizational ethics issues, outlines activities of an ethics committee, offers a sample outline of a program needs assessment, discusses educational foundations for committee members, and suggests resources to support program development.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Nursing, Uniformed Servics University, Bethesda, MD, USA. mturner@usuhs.mil
authors.forename: Martha H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Turner
mesh_terms: D001634:Bibliographies as Topic; D017041:Ethics Committees; D004991:Ethics, Institutional / Q000193:education*; D004992:Ethics, Medical / Q000193:education*; D006268:Health Facilities / Q000941:ethics*; D006801:Humans; D020380:Needs Assessment; D016134:Organizational Policy; D016730:Program Development / Q000379:methods*; D013192:Staff Development; D014481:United States