The functioning of hospital ethics committees: A multiple-case study of four Canadian committees

HEC Forum

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 225-238

  Gaudine, Alice ^a   Lamb, Marianne ^b   LeFort, Sandra M ^a   Thorne, Linda ^c  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical ethics committees; Ethics consultation; Hospitals; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CANADA; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

CANADA; ETHICS COMMITTEES, CLINICAL; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84856217144     PISSN: 09562737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10730-011-9151-z     Document Type: Article

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