Institutional challenges for clinical ethics committees

HEC Forum

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 193-205

  Dörries, Andrea ^a   Boitte, Pierre ^b   Borovecki, Ana ^c   Cobbaut, Jean Philippe ^b   Reiter Theil, Stella ^d   Slowther, Anne Marie ^e  

^a Zentrum fur Gesundheitsethik ZfG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LILLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical ethics committees; Clinical ethics consultation; Evaluation; Organizational ethics; Quality management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHICS; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL ETHICS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PUBLIC RELATIONS;

ETHICS COMMITTEES, CLINICAL; ETHICS, INSTITUTIONAL; EUROPE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84856209317     PISSN: 09562737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10730-011-9160-y     Document Type: Article

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