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Handbook for Health Care Ethics Committees

Handbook for Health Care Ethics Committees

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ISBN10: 1421442345
ISBN13: 9781421442341
Publisher: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
Published: Nov 23 2021
Pages: 488
Weight: 2.20
Height: 1.10 Width: 6.90 Depth: 9.90
Language: English

How can dedicated health care ethics committees increase their effectiveness and demonstrate their value as essential moral resources for their organizations?

Among the most effective and increasingly valued resources in the health care decision-making process is the institutional ethics committee. The Joint Commission (TJC) accredits and certifies more than 19,000 health care organizations in the United States, including hospitals, nursing homes, and home care agencies. As a condition of accreditation, TJC requires health care organizations to have available a standing multidisciplinary ethics committee, composed of physicians, nurses, attorneys, ethicists, administrators, and interested lay citizens. Many of these committees are well meaning but may lack the information, experience, skills, and formal background in bioethics needed to effectively address the range and complexity of the ethical issues that arise in clinical and organizational settings.

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