title: Ethics been very good to us.
abstract: This commentary asks whether ongoing efforts to accredit, certify, and credential hospital ethics consultants are nothing other than an illegal restraint on trade masquerading as an effort to protect the public from harm.
authors: Centre for Clinical Ethics, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario. giles.scofield@utoronto.ca
authors: Giles R
authors: GR
authors: Scofield
mesh_terms: D003253:Consultants; D003406:Credentialing / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends; D004517:Education, Professional / Q000592:standards; D026822:Ethicists / Q000193:education / Q000592:standards*; D033061:Ethics Consultation / Q000191:economics; D026690:Ethics, Clinical / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D014481:United States