PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Alfred Simon
TI  - Support for ethical dilemmas in individual cases: experiences from the Neu-Mariahilf hospital in Goettingen
AID  - 10.1136/jme.27.suppl_1.i18
DP  - 2001 Apr 01
TA  - Journal of Medical Ethics
PG  - i18--i20
VI  - 27
IP  - suppl 1
4099  - http://jme.bmj.com/content/27/suppl_1/i18.short
4100  - http://jme.bmj.com/content/27/suppl_1/i18.full
SO  - J Med Ethics2001 Apr 01; 27
AB  - 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.