Ethics Case Review in Health Care Institutions: Committees, Consultants, or Teams?

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 152, Issue 4, 1992, Pages 694-697

  Swenson, Michael D ^a   Miller, Ronald B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSULTATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; NOTE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALTERNATIVES; ANALYTICAL APPROACH; BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; CONSENSUS; ETHICS CONSULTATION; EVALUATION; FAMILY MEMBERS; INSTITUTIONAL POLICIES; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; POLICY ANALYSIS; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; RISKS AND BENEFITS;

CONSULTANTS; ETHICAL REVIEW; ETHICISTS; ETHICS COMMITTEES; ETHICS COMMITTEES, CLINICAL; ETHICS, CLINICAL; ETHICS, INSTITUTIONAL; ETHICS, MEDICAL; PATIENT CARE TEAM; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0026535383     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.1992.00400160012003     Document Type: Note

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