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Mid-Atlantic Ethics Committee Newsletter, Fall 2008
Mid-Atlantic Ethics Committee Newsletter, Fall 2008
Mid-Atlantic Ethics Committee Newsletter
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Mid-Atlantic Ethics Committee Newsletter, Summer 2008
Mid-Atlantic Ethics Committee Newsletter, Summer 2008
Mid-Atlantic Ethics Committee Newsletter
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Mid-Atlantic Ethics Committee Newsletter, Spring 2008
Mid-Atlantic Ethics Committee Newsletter, Spring 2008
Mid-Atlantic Ethics Committee Newsletter
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The Role And Legal Status Of Health Care Ethics Committees In The United States, Diane E. Hoffmann, Anita J. Tarzian
The Role And Legal Status Of Health Care Ethics Committees In The United States, Diane E. Hoffmann, Anita J. Tarzian
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Over a quarter of a century has passed since health care ethics committees (HCECs) in the United States received legal recognition as alternatives to the courts in resolving conflicts related to patient end-of-life care. By the mid to late 1980s HCECs had been established in over half of U.S. hospitals and had received a certain legitimacy in the health care system. Given their age and growth one could characterize them developmentally as emerging from adolescence and establishing themselves in young adult-hood. As a result, we might expect that they would have resolved the identify crisis characterizing the adolescent years. Yet, …