Behind Closed Doors

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Hospital ethics committees have been hailed as providing a promising way to resolve ethical dilemmas in patient care. Although ethics committees may have various tasks, such as confirming prognoses, educating care givers, or developing hospital policies, their most innovative role is making recommendations in individual cases.1 2 3 4 5 This role has been supported by the President's Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research, the American Medical Association, and the American Hospital Association. Strictly speaking, such recommendations are not binding, but they undoubtedly carry great weight, especially if they are cogently justified.6 It is predicted that . . .

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