Preface | p. vii |
Preliminaries | |
Introduction: What Should an HEC Look and Act Like? | p. 1 |
The "What?" and "Why?" of Ethics | p. 21 |
Reasoning in Ethics | p. 27 |
Consulting | |
Ethics Consultation and the Committee | p. 49 |
Responsibility in Actual Practice: Consent and Participation in Clinical Ethics Consultation | p. 79 |
Cultural Diversity in the Clinical Setting | p. 107 |
Religious Values and Medical Decision Making | p. 133 |
Ethics Consultation at the End of Life: Ideals, Rules, and Standards to Guide Decision Making | p. 161 |
Ethics in Pediatrics | p. 187 |
Educating | |
The Hospital Ethics Committee as Educator | p. 203 |
Hospital Ethics Committees and Research with Human Beings | p. 215 |
Thinking about Policy | |
Distributive Justice in Hospital Healthcare | p. 231 |
Taking the Lead in Developing Institutional Policies | p. 249 |
Last Thoughts | |
Handling the Law in HEC Deliberations | p. 267 |
A Management Guide for the Committee | p. 285 |
Further Resources | p. 295 |
Index | p. 299 |
About the Contributors | p. 307 |
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