Health Care Ethics Committees: The Next Generation - Softcover

"A useful, current, and complete handbook for ethics commitee members. I recommend this book as a primer for new ethics committee members to inaugurate their study of clinical ethics in the hospital." (National Center for Clinical Ethics News)

Approximately 85 per cent of hospitals now have ethics committees. But this statistic says little about the efficiency and importance of these committees in their institutions. Frequently, ethics committees exist more in name than in practice, and are left without the guidance and help of their institution.Health Care Ethics Committees provides a plethora of advice, including possible projects and activities, suggestions for making meetings more effective, insights into policy-making, and models for mission statements and goals. In addition, this book gives leaders a panoramic view of the past, present, and future of ethics committees in health care.