title: The District of Columbia amends its Health-Care Decisions Act: bioethics committees in the arena of public policy.
authors.affiliation: Ethics Committee, George Washington University Hospital, Washington, DC, USA. dmishkin@pattonboggs.com
authors.forename: Douglas B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Mishkin
authors.forename: Gail
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Povar
mesh_terms: D016223:Advance Directives / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D001675:Bioethics; D003657:Decision Making / Q000941:ethics*; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D004219:District of Columbia; D017041:Ethics Committees; D006801:Humans; D011050:Policy Making; D011640:Public Policy; D018454:Spouses / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*