A new role for institutional ethics committees: Organizational ethics

Journal of Clinical Ethics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 372-376

  Spencer, Edward M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; BUSINESS ETHICS; ECONOMICS; ETHICIST; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL ETHICS; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; SOCIAL CONTROL; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; JOINT COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION OF HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS;

CODES OF ETHICS; COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ETHICISTS; ETHICS; ETHICS COMMITTEES; ETHICS COMMITTEES, CLINICAL; ETHICS, BUSINESS; ETHICS, INSTITUTIONAL; HUMANS; JOINT COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION OF HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; SOCIAL CONTROL, FORMAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031304630     PISSN: 10467890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (7)

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6. The Joint Commission for Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) is a private, nonprofit, quasi-official accrediting organization that represents five professional groups: the American Medical Association, the American Hospital Association, the American College of Physicians, the American College of Surgeons, and the American Dental Association. It accredits some 5,300 hospitals and 6,000 nursing homes. Accreditation for healthcare institutions is required for reimbursement from government programs, including Medicare and Medicaid.
7. JCAHO, "Standards for Organizational Ethics," in the section "Patient Rights and Organizational Ethics," 1996 Comprehensive Manual for Hospitals (Chicago, Ill.: JCAHO, 1996): 95-97.