The Hospital Ethics Committee: Health Care's Moral Conscience or White Elephant?
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Blake, David C.
Bibliographic Citation
Hastings Center Report. 1992 Jan-Feb; 22(1): 6-11.
Abstract
In a morally fragmented society there is no good reason for ethics committees to assume any particular point of view, yet failure to do so compromises their ability to function in either a case-review or an educational capacity. A casuist methodology might enable committees to fufill both roles.
Date
1992-01Subject
Autonomy; Bioethical Issues; Bioethics; Case Studies; Casuistry; Clinical Ethics; Clinical Ethics Committees; Communication; Competence; Conscience; Consensus; Cultural Pluralism; Consultation; Decision Making; Education; Ethical Analysis; Ethical Relativism; Ethical Theory; Ethicists; Ethics; Ethics Committees; Evaluation; Goals; Health; Health Care; Hospitals; Morality; Physician's Role; Professional Competence; Referral and Consultation; Review; Technical Expertise;
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The Hospital Ethics Committee: Health Care's Moral Conscience or White Elephant?
Blake, David C. (1992-01)