TY - JOUR T1 - Support for ethical dilemmas in individual cases: experiences from the Neu-Mariahilf hospital in Goettingen JF - Journal of Medical Ethics JO - J Med Ethics SP - i18 LP - i20 DO - 10.1136/jme.27.suppl_1.i18 VL - 27 IS - suppl 1 AU - Alfred Simon Y1 - 2001/04/01 UR - http://jme.bmj.com/content/27/suppl_1/i18.abstract N2 - 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. ER -