The role of ethics committees and ethics consultation in allocation decisions : a 4-stage process

Strech, Daniel; Hurst, Samia; Danis, Marion

doi:10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181e577fb

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The role of ethics committees and ethics consultation in allocation decisions : a 4-stage process

ContributorsStrech, Daniel; Hurst, Samia

; Danis, Marion

Published inMedical care, vol. 48, no. 9, p. 821-826

Publication date2010

Abstract

Decisions about the allocation and rationing of medical interventions likely occur in all health care systems worldwide. So far very little attention has been given to the question of what role ethics consultation and ethics committees could or should play in questions of allocation at the hospital level.

Keywords

Rationing
Prioritization
Ethics committees
Ethics consultation
Hospital management

Affiliation entities

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de santé et médecine communautaires / Institut Ethique Histoire Humanités

Research groups

Ethique biomédicale (783)

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STRECH, Daniel, HURST, Samia, DANIS, Marion. The role of ethics committees and ethics consultation in allocation decisions : a 4-stage process. In: Medical care, 2010, vol. 48, n° 9, p. 821–826. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181e577fb

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PID : unige:85301
DOI : 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181e577fb
PMID : 20706163

Additional URL for this publicationhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=20706163

Journal ISSN0025-7079

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