Ethical function in hospital ethics committees

• Other Authors: Lebeer, Guy 1954- (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam IOS Press Ohmsha 2002
• Series: Biomedical and health research v. 51
• Subjects: Ethics Committees, Clinical > Europe; Hospitals > ethics > Europe
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• Physical Description: vi, 217 pages illustrations 25 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9781586032104; 1586032100; 4274904857

Comprising the final project of the BIOMED II project Ethical Function in Hospital Ethics Committees (European Commission, 1998-2001), this volume addresses research conducted in Belgium, Denmark, France, Greece, Italy, Norway, Spain, Sweden, The Netherlands, and the UK. Aiming to organize a Europe-wide reflection on the practice of ethics in hospitals, principally on clinical ethics, the volume presents research to encourage and vitality of ethics in hospitals. The volume's 16 contributions present national overviews; thematic analysis addressing such topics as ethics and the role of philosophers in ethics committees; and two concluding essays discussing hospital ethics committees as forums for democratic debate and proposals for a European development initiative for achieving good ethical practice in hospital health care. Lacks a subject index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)