The Hospital Ethics Committee: Health Care's Moral Conscience or White Elephant?
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 fulfill both roles.
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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1992
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| In: |
The Hastings Center report
Year: 1992, Volume: 22, Issue: 1, Pages: 6-11 |
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| Summary: | 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 fulfill both roles. |
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| ISSN: | 1552-146X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Hastings Center, The Hastings Center report
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3562714 |
