Ethics and the structures of health care in the European countries in transition: hospital ethics committees in Croatia

Hospital ethics committees are a recent phenomenon in countries in transition. Croatia's example shows they are staffed mainly by older doctors with no specialist knowledge of ethical issues. The importance of professional relationships and the educational function of ethics committees have bee...

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Veröffentlicht in:	BMJ 2005-07, Vol.331 (7510), p.227-229
Hauptverfasser:	Borovečki, Ana, Orešković, Stjepan, Have, Henk ten
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animal hospitals Bioethics Croatia Delivery of Health Care - ethics Education And Debate Ethical accountability Ethical instruction Ethics committees Ethics Committees, Clinical - organization & administration Ethics, Institutional Government bureaucracy Health care industry Health Services - ethics Health Surveys Health Transition Hospitals Humans Medical ethics Physicians Professional development Questionnaires Surveys and Questionnaires
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Zusammenfassung:	Hospital ethics committees are a recent phenomenon in countries in transition. Croatia's example shows they are staffed mainly by older doctors with no specialist knowledge of ethical issues. The importance of professional relationships and the educational function of ethics committees have been ignored
ISSN:	0959-8138 0959-8146 1468-5833 1756-1833
DOI:	10.1136/bmj.331.7510.227