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Bioethics Activities In Rural Hospitals, Ann Freeman Cook, Helena Hoas, Katarina Guttmannova
Bioethics Activities In Rural Hospitals, Ann Freeman Cook, Helena Hoas, Katarina Guttmannova
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Hospital ethics committees have evolved as a response to complicated legal, ethical, and social dilemmas that accompany modern medicine. In the United States, their growth has been augmented by Joint Commission for the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) standards and the Patient Self-Determination Act. There appears to be an implicit presumption that all clinical ethics consultation practices are relatively similar. Finally, there is heightened awareness of the needs for quality standards and assessment of the outcomes of ethics consultations.