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Regulation of healthcare ethics committees in Europe
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Steinkamp, Norbert, Gordijn, Bert, Borovecki, Ana, Gefenas, Eugenijus, Glasa, Jozef, Guerrier, Marc, Meulenbergs, Tom, Różyńska, Joanna and Slowther, Anne (2007) Regulation of healthcare ethics committees in Europe. Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy, 10 (4). pp. 461-475. doi:10.1007/s11019-007-9054-6 ISSN 1386-7423.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11019-007-9054-6
Abstract
In this article, the question is discussed if and how Healthcare Ethics Committees (HECs) should be regulated. The paper consists of two parts. First, authors from eight EC member countries describe the status quo in their respective countries, and give reasons as to the form of regulation they consider most adequate. In the second part, the country reports are analysed. It is suggested that regulation of HECs should be central and weak. Central regulation is argued to be apt to improve HECs’ accountability, relevance and comparability. To facilitate biomedical citizenship and ethical reflection, regulation should at the same time be weak rather than strict. Independence of HECs to deliberate about ethical questions, and to give solicited and unsolicited advice, should be supported and only interfered with by way of exception. One exception is when circumstances become temporary adversarial to ethical deliberation in healthcare institutions. In view of European unification, steps should be taken to develop consistent policies for both Eastern and Western European countries.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences > Social Science & Systems in Health (SSSH) Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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Journal or Publication Title: | Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy | ||||
Publisher: | Springer Netherlands | ||||
ISSN: | 1386-7423 | ||||
Official Date: | December 2007 | ||||
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Volume: | 10 | ||||
Number: | 4 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 461-475 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1007/s11019-007-9054-6 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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