How We should Support Patients’ Decision Making at End of Life – From a National Survey of Hospital Ethics Committees in Japan

2016 ◽  
Vol 06 (03) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomoko Kodama Kawashima
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
End Of Life ◽  
National Survey ◽  
Ethics Committees ◽  
Hospital Ethics Committees ◽  
Hospital Ethics

A national survey of hospital ethics committees

1983 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 902-905 ◽  
Author(s):  
STUART J. YOUNGNER ◽  
DAVID L. JACKSON ◽  
CLAUDIA COULTON ◽  
BARBARA W. JUKNIALIS ◽  
ERA M. SMITH
Keyword(s):  
National Survey ◽  
Ethics Committees ◽  
Hospital Ethics Committees ◽  
Hospital Ethics

Successes and Failures of Hospital Ethics Committees: A National Survey of Ethics Committee Chairs

2002 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
GLENN McGEE ◽  
JOSHUA P. SPANOGLE ◽  
ARTHUR L. CAPLAN ◽  
DINA PENNY ◽  
DAVID A. ASCH
Keyword(s):  
National Survey ◽  
Ethics Committees ◽  
Ethics Committee ◽  
Joint Commission ◽  
Healthcare Ethics ◽  
Healthcare Organizations ◽  
Hospital Ethics Committees ◽  
Healthcare Ethics Committee ◽  
Hospital Ethics ◽  
Successes And Failures

In 1992, the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) passed a mandate that all its approved hospitals put in place a means for addressing ethical concerns.Although the particular process the hospital uses to address such concerns—ethics consultant, ethics forum, ethics committee—may vary, the hospital or healthcare ethics committee (HEC) is used most often. In a companion study to that reported here, we found that in 1998 over 90% of U.S. hospitals had ethics committees, compared to just 1% in 1983, and that many have some and a few have sweeping clinical powers in hospitals.

Limits of Guardian Treatment Refusal: A Reasonableness Standard

1984 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 427-468 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert M. Veatch
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Medical Treatment ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Ethics Committees ◽  
Treatment Preference ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Treatment Refusal ◽  
Hospital Ethics Committees ◽  
Hospital Ethics ◽  
The Guardian

AbstractThe debate concerning the legal and ethical bases of guardian refusal of medical treatment on behalf of incompetent patients often ignores critical distinctions among types of patients and guardians. For example, patients who have expressed preferences regarding treatment while competent are distinguishable from patients who have always lacked the competency requisite to expressing a treatment preference. “Bonded guardians,” whose relationship with the patient preexisted guardianship, should have a different role in the decision-making process than “nonbonded guardians,” who were strangers to the patient prior to the guardian-ward relationship.This Article proposes criteria for guardian treatment refusal on behalf of incompetent patients. Under the model for guardian decision making presented here, bonded guardians should be preferred over nonbonded guardians, and bonded guardians should be allowed discretion to make treatment choices, limited only by a standard of reasonableness policed by the courts. The Author presents legal and ethical justifications for the bonded guardian's heightened role. Finally, he considers the proper roles of health professionals, hospital ethics committees, and judges in the decision-making process.

Hospital ethics committees in the United Kingdom

HEC Forum ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
EricM. Meslin ◽  
Claire Rayner ◽  
Vic Larcher ◽  
Tony Hope ◽  
Julian Savulescu
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Ethics Committees ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Hospital Ethics Committees ◽  
Hospital Ethics

The Status of Hospital Ethics Committees in Pennsylvania

1998 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 104-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
ELLEN L. CSIKAI
Keyword(s):  
Health Care Organizations ◽  
Ethics Committees ◽  
Ethical Review ◽  
American Hospital ◽  
American Hospital Association ◽  
Current State ◽  
Hospital Ethics Committees ◽  
Common Response ◽  
The Status ◽  
Hospital Ethics

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.

scholarly journals The role of hospital ethics committees in emergency medicine practice

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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