Handbook for health care ethics committees /
Linda Farber Post, Jeffrey Blustein, Nancy Neveloff Dubler.
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007.
- xiii, 327 p. ; 26 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Ethical foundations of clinical practice -- Decision making and decisional capacity in adults -- Informed consent and refusal -- Truth telling: disclosure and confidentiality -- Special decision-making concerns of minors -- End-of-life issues -- Palliation -- Justice, access to care, and organizational ethics -- Clinical ethics consultation -- White papers, memoranda, guidelines, and protocols -- Sample policies and procedures.