Healthcare ethics committees: Re-examining their social and moral functions

HEC Forum

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 87-100

  Engelhardt Jr , H Tristram ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MORALITY; PATIENT CARE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD;

BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP; CONSENSUS; CULTURAL PLURALISM; DISSENT; ETHICS CONSULTATION; INSTITUTIONAL POLICIES; INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS; MORAL DEVELOPMENT; MORALITY; POSTMODERNISM; UNITED STATES;

BENEFICENCE; COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP; CONSENSUS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DECISION MAKING; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; ETHICS COMMITTEES; ETHICS COMMITTEES, CLINICAL; ETHICS CONSULTATION; ETHICS, INSTITUTIONAL; ETHICS, MEDICAL; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MORAL DEVELOPMENT; MORALS; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PHILOSOPHY; POSTMODERNISM; PRINCIPLE-BASED ETHICS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; ROLE; SOCIAL VALUES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032801288     PISSN: 09562737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008924324241     Document Type: Article

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