Is Evaluating Ethics Consultation on the Basis of Cost a Good Idea?

Despite the fact that ethics consultations are an accepted practice in most healthcare organizations, many clinical ethicists continue to feel marginalized by their institutions. They are often not paid for their time, their programs often have no budget, and institutional leaders are frequently una...

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Authors: Mills, Ann E. (Author) ; Tereskerz, Patricia (Author) ; Davis, Walt (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 2005
In: Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics
Year: 2005, Volume: 14, Issue: 1, Pages: 57-64
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Summary:Despite the fact that ethics consultations are an accepted practice in most healthcare organizations, many clinical ethicists continue to feel marginalized by their institutions. They are often not paid for their time, their programs often have no budget, and institutional leaders are frequently unaware of their activities. One consequence has been their search for concrete ways to evaluate their work in order to prove the importance of their activities to their institutions through demonstrating their efficiency and effectiveness.
ISSN:1469-2147
Contains:Enthalten in: Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/S0963180105050073