title: The hospital ethics committee--then and now.
authors.affiliation: Illinois Hospital Association, USA. tmaret@sbcglobal.net
authors.forename: Richard E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Thompson
mesh_terms: D001675:Bioethics; D028741:Ethics Committees, Clinical / Q000639:trends*; D004991:Ethics, Institutional; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000941:ethics*; D006801:Humans; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D012297:Right to Die / Q000941:ethics; D014481:United States