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Ethics committees: an ethical dilemma
BMJ, 2011The year before we married we lived in sin, just outside Sunderland. We attempted to cook. The results were half baked, half cooked, and half eaten. Spitting food out, although not classic table etiquette, was common. But in our darkest hour we were saved by the supreme being, Delia Smith.
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Business Ethics in Ethics Committees?
The Hastings Center Report, 1990Business Ethics in Ethics Committees? A physical therapist employed at a physician-owned therapy service became distressed when the owner, an orthopedic surgeon, required the therapist to continue care for a patient beyond what could reasonably be documented as improvement.
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Where Are the Ethics in Ethics Committees?
The Hastings Center Report, 1988Where Are the Ethics in Ethics Committees? Where are the ethics in ethics committees? Even a little reflection on the notion of "ethics" committees, or a cursory experience with their deliberations, suggests that the answer to that question is neither trivial nor obvious. Conflict is the essential element in issues brought before ethics committees.
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The ethics of research ethics committees
BMJ, 2000Our health service research unit has been carrying out primary evaluative studies for over 30 years. Much of what we do is designed to help improve health care and health services and inform NHS decisions. It may not be fundamental science but it feels worthwhile, sometimes has an important impact, and we know that it is valued, particularly if the ...
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The Hastings Center Report, 1989
Are ethics committees "doing good?" If so, how do they accomplish this and who benefits from their efforts? What effects have they on the individuals and institutions they serve? Since ethics committees have been part of the health care system for more than a decade, the time has come to consider ways of evaluating their effectiveness.
E, Van Allen, D G, Moldow, R, Cranford
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Are ethics committees "doing good?" If so, how do they accomplish this and who benefits from their efforts? What effects have they on the individuals and institutions they serve? Since ethics committees have been part of the health care system for more than a decade, the time has come to consider ways of evaluating their effectiveness.
E, Van Allen, D G, Moldow, R, Cranford
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Ethics of Caring and the Institutional Ethics Committee
Hypatia, 1989Institutional ethics committees (lECs) in health care facilities now create moral policy, provide moral education, and consult with physicians and other health care workers. After sketching reasons for the development of IECs, this paper first examines the predominant moral standards it is often assumed lECs are now using, these standards being neo ...
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Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice, 1986
As a consequence of rapidly increasing and complex ethical dilemmas in medicine, health care institutions are responding by forming biomedical ethics committees. In this article, the authors review the origins, functions, and potential drawbacks of these committees and also make suggestions on starting these committees.
R E, Cranford, J C, Roberts
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As a consequence of rapidly increasing and complex ethical dilemmas in medicine, health care institutions are responding by forming biomedical ethics committees. In this article, the authors review the origins, functions, and potential drawbacks of these committees and also make suggestions on starting these committees.
R E, Cranford, J C, Roberts
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Ethics committees and consultants
2013The increasing complexity of healthcare creates numerous ethical challenges in patient care and in institutional functions and policies. During the past several decades, clinical ethics consultation services and institutional ethics committees have been developed to assist patients, medical professionals, and institutions in addressing ethical ...
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Institutional Ethics Committees
Annals of Internal Medicine, 1987Excerpt To the editor: The article by Uhlmann and associates (1) addresses the ethical dimensions of medical decision making in nursing homes in a useful and thoughtful manner.
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