Ethical and Legal Issues in Neurology: Chapter 3. Ethics committees and consultants

Ethical and Legal Issues in Neurology: Chapter 3. Ethics committees and consultants
ISBN-10
0128080655
ISBN-13
9780128080658
Series
Ethical and Legal Issues in Neurology
Category
Medical
Pages
472
Language
English
Published
2014-01-09
Publisher
Elsevier Inc. Chapters
Authors
C. Christopher Hook, Keith M. Swetz, Paul S. Mueller

Description

The increasing complexity of healthcare creates numerous ethical challenges in patient care and in institutional functions and policies. During the past several decades, clinical ethics consultation services and institutional ethics committees have been developed to assist patients, medical professionals, and institutions in addressing ethical challenges. This chapter discusses the nature of clinical ethics consultation and the training of ethics consultants and committees. The authors review the experience at their institution (Mayo Clinic). Finally, the value of ethics consultation, as described in the medical literature, is reviewed.

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