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PDFSupport for ethical dilemmas in individual cases: experiences from the Neu-Mariahilf hospital in Goettingen
Abstract
Prompted by a recommendation of the two Christian hospital associations in Germany, the Neu-Mariahilf Hospital in Goettingen set up a health ethics committee in autumn 1998. It is the committee's task to give support to staff members, patients and their relatives in individual cases where ethical dilemmas arise. The following article descibes the committee's work by means of three cases.
- Ethics consultation
- health ethics committees
- case review
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Alfred Simon, Dr phil, is Executive Director of the Academy for Ethics in Medicine, Goettingen, Germany.
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