Psychiatrists and the General Hospital Ethics Committee
โ Scribed by Charles C. Engel Jr.
- Book ID
- 118386945
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 804 KB
- Volume
- 14
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0163-8343
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
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Hospital ethics committees (HECs), particularly those that address issues regarding treatment (or non-treatment)of disabled newborns, have proliferated during the last few years. In 1981, only one per cent of hospitals in the United States had HECs (1,2). In 1984 a national survey disclosed that a m
HECs, also IECs) emerged in response to a number of seemingly unrelated concerns. Among these were advances in medical technology, a corresponding increase in opportunities for legal liability, and a concern to control situations laden with liability, such as those arising out of "Baby Doe" Regulati