Searching for effectiveness: The functioning of connecticut clinical ethics committees

Journal of Clinical Ethics

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 131-145

  Berchelmann, Kathleen ^a   Blechner, Barbara ^b,c  

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

^b Division of Medical Humanities   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS;

COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP; CONNECTICUT; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; ETHICS COMMITTEES, CLINICAL; ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 0036615273     PISSN: 10467890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (hereafter, JCAHO), 2001 Comprehensive Accreditation Manual for Hospitals: The Official Handbook (Oakbrook Terrace, Ill. JCAHO, 2001), § RI.1.
2. Ibid., § RI.1 and forward.
3. Ibid. "Overview."
4. J.W. Ross et al., "Taking Stock: Where Ethics Committees Originated and Where They Are Now," in Health Care Ethics Committees: The Next Generation (Chicago, Ill. American Hospital Publishing, 1993), 1.
5. JCAHO, "Organizational Ethics," in Ethical Issues and Patient Rights: Across the Continuum of Care (Oakbrook Terrace, Ill: JCAHO, 1998): 67-90; R.D. Pentz, "Beyond Case Consultation: An Expanded Model for Organizational Ethics," The Journal of Clinical Ethics 10, no. 1 (Spring 1999): 34-41.
6. JCAHO, "Organizational Ethics," in Ethical Issues and Patient Rights: Across the Continuum of Care (Oakbrook Terrace, Ill: JCAHO, 1998): 67-90; R.D. Pentz, "Beyond Case Consultation: An Expanded Model for Organizational Ethics," The Journal of Clinical Ethics 10, no. 1 (Spring 1999): 34-41.
7. S.H. Miles, "New Business for Ethics Committees," Forum 4, no. 2 (1992): 97-192, 98.
8. See note 4 above, pp. 5-6; J.C. Fletcher, "Responding to JCAHO Standards: Everybody's Business," The Journal of Clinical Ethics 7, no. 2 (Summer 1996): 182; B.V. Corsino, "Bioethics Committees and JCAHO Patients' Rights Standards: A Question of Balance," The Journal of Clinical Ethics 7, no. 2 (Summer 1996): 177-81.
9. See note 4 above, pp. 5-6; J.C. Fletcher, "Responding to JCAHO Standards: Everybody's Business," The Journal of Clinical Ethics 7, no. 2 (Summer 1996): 182; B.V. Corsino, "Bioethics Committees and JCAHO Patients' Rights Standards: A Question of Balance," The Journal of Clinical Ethics 7, no. 2 (Summer 1996): 177-81.
10. Corsino, "Bioethics Committees and JCAHO Patients' Rights," see note 7 above, p. 177.
11. JCAHO, "Understanding Ethical Perspectives," see note 5 above, p. 7.
12. Ibid, 3-18.
13. Ibid; Corsino, "Bioethics Committees and JCAHO Patients' Rights," see note 7 above, p. 178.
14. Ibid; Corsino, "Bioethics Committees and JCAHO Patients' Rights," see note 7 above, p. 178.
15. J.C. Fletcher and M. Siegler, "What Are the Goals of Ethics Consultation? A Consensus Statement," The Journal of Clinical Ethics 7, no. 2 (Summer 1996): 122-60
16. Fletcher, "Responding to JCAHO Standards," see note 7 above, p. 183.