Development of a Home Health Agency Nursing Ethics Committee
โ Scribed by Pamela A. Miya; Marlene E. Tully
- Book ID
- 110269052
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 356 KB
- Volume
- 9
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0956-2737
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
๐ SIMILAR VOLUMES
A large number of U.S. hospitals now have a committee to address the ethical issues raised by modern medicine and health care. Ethics committees (EC) are now being established in the unique setting of the nursing home. Although much has been written about Institutional Ethics Committees (IEC), few s
of such institutions had a HEC (7). As individual committees have struggled with difficult ethical issues, communication has naturally occurred among HECs (5). The early reasons for contacting another HEC included sharing of educational resources and "do-not-resuscitate" policies, or asking advice a