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
Ethics in nursing homes: Experience and casuistry
✍ Scribed by Åshild Slettebø; Eli Haugen Bunch
- Book ID
- 108944710
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 106 KB
- Volume
- 10
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1322-7114
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