The healthcare ethics committee in the structural transformaton of health care: Administrative and organizational ethics in changing times

HEC Forum

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 152-176

  Heitman, Elizabeth ^a   Bulger, Ruth Ellen ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT RIGHT; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; STAFF TRAINING; UNITED STATES;

BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; BUSINESS ETHICS; COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP; ETHICS CONSULTATION; FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; INCENTIVES; INSTITUTIONAL POLICIES; JOINT COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION OF HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS; MEDICARE; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES;

COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP; COST CONTROL; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; ECONOMIC COMPETITION; ETHICS; ETHICS COMMITTEES; ETHICS COMMITTEES, CLINICAL; ETHICS CONSULTATION; ETHICS, BUSINESS; ETHICS, CLINICAL; ETHICS, INSTITUTIONAL; FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; JOINT COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION OF HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MEDICARE; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PATIENT RIGHTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031824624     PISSN: 09562737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008865603499     Document Type: Article

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