The benefits of serving on a hospital ethics committee: a faculty perspective.
Community hospitals ethics committees rarely have formal support from persons within the academic community. The author discusses a liaison between a suburban hospital system and a nearby university school of nursing that garners positive educational, service, and programmatic benefits, related to ethics, for both. The lessons learned and insights gained by a faculty member serving on the ethics committee are examined.
Robley
Lois R
LR
WellStar School of Nursing, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA 30144, USA. lrobley@kennesaw.edu
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