Guidance for Healthcare Ethics Committees by D. Micah Hester

Hester, Schonfeld, et al. state that American hospitals fulfill the Joint Commission on Hospital Accreditation's required mechanism to handle ethical concerns most often by constituting an institutional Healthcare Ethics Committee (HEC). This book is intended to help the members of these committees with the three main roles that comprise the function an HEC: consultation, policy, and education. Each chapter contains on objective, cases, content and questions for discussion. This book has for sections: The Context of Healthcare Ethics Committee Work; Consultation; Policy Development and Organizational Issues; and Educating Others. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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