Ethics by committee
Subtitle: a textbook on consultation, organization, and education for hospital ethics committees
By: edited by D. Micah Hester.
Contributors: Hester, D. Micah.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780742550452; 9780742550469
Subjects: Medical ethics committees; Hospitals -- Moral and ethical aspects; Hospital care -- Moral and ethical aspects; Medical ethics; Ethics Committees, Clinical; Hospitals -- ethics; Ethics, Institutional
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: What should an HEC look & act like? / Chris Hackler, D. Micah Hester; title: The "what?" and "why?" of ethics / D. Micah Hester; title: Reasoning in ethics / Nancy Jecker; title: Ethics consultation and the committee / Wayne Shelton, Dyrleif Bjarnadottir; title: Responsibility in actual practice: consent and participation in clinical ethics consultation / Stuart Finder, Mark Bliton; title: Cultural diversity in the clinical setting / Alissa Swota; title: Religious values and medical decision-making / Toby Schonfeld; title: Ethics consultation at the end-of-life: ideals, rules, and standards to guide decision-making / Lynn A. Jansen; title: Ethics in pediatrics / Tracy Koogler; title: The health care ethics committee as educator / Kathy Kinlaw; title: Hospital ethics committees and research with human beings / Tim Murphy; title: Thinking about policy; title: Distributive justice in hospital healthcare / Michael Boylan, Richard E. Grant; title: Taking the lead in developing institutional policies / David Ozar; title: Handling the law in HEC deliberations / Ken Deville, Gregory Hassler; title: A management guide for the committee / Eugene Kuc.