Caring About Care in the Hospital Arena and Nurses’ Voices in Hospital Ethics Committees: Three Decades of Experiences

Interdisciplinary hospital ethics committees have been the most common response to the mandates for ethical review procedures set forth by the Joint Commission for the Accreditation of Health Care Organizations (JCAHO, 1995 Standards), the American Hospital Association, and within institutions themselves. A 1989 national survey reported that 60% of hospitals had ethics committees. However, little is still known about the current state of these committees in hospitals, their composition, what functions are performed, or what issues are discussed.

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The role of hospital ethics committees in emergency medicine practice

Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open ◽

10.1002/emp2.12136 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 1 (4) ◽

pp. 403-407

Author(s):

Eileen F. Baker ◽

Joel M. Geiderman ◽

Chadd K. Kraus ◽

Rebecca Goett

Keyword(s):

Emergency Medicine ◽

Ethics Committees ◽

Hospital Ethics Committees ◽

Hospital Ethics

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Hospital ethics committees as community educators: A model for institutions

HEC Forum ◽

10.1007/bf01463337 ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 7 (4) ◽

pp. 252-263

Author(s):

Nancy Aldrich ◽

Cheryl Macleod Darling

Keyword(s):

Ethics Committees ◽

Hospital Ethics Committees ◽

Hospital Ethics

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A Critique of Traditional Relationship Models

Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics ◽

10.1017/s0963180100004680 ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 27-37 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Roberta Springer Loewy

Keyword(s):

Ethical Issue ◽

Social Roles ◽

Ethics Committees ◽

Medical Professionals ◽

Sharp Rise ◽

Hospital Ethics Committees ◽

Practical Standpoint ◽

Practical Model ◽

Hospital Ethics ◽

Expert Novice

Today's ever-widening expert/novice gap–in technology generally but in healthcare technology especially–has been implicated as both cause and consequence of a sharp rise in fundamental misunderstandings between medical professionals and lay populace. Recently created social roles (e.g., clinical medical ethicists) and institutions (e.g., hospital ethics committees) have further prompted critics to suggest that a multiplication of “disinterested” experts not only fails to resolve such misunderstandings, it compounds them. As a result, it should come as no surprise that the problem of paternalistic expertise has emerged as an ethical issue of immense interest from both a theoretical and practical standpoint. For this reason, a critical inquiry in healthcare today centers on finding a practical model that most adequately and accurately characterizes patient–physician relationships.

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