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Hospital executives and ethics committees: an effective collaboration
B B Hilliard1, B S Coffey, R B Johnson
1Department of Philosophy and Religion, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina, USA.
JONA'S Healthcare Law, Ethics and Regulation
|May 29, 2000
Summary
Hospital executives should join ethics committees. Their participation is appropriate and necessary due to increasing managerial roles for healthcare professionals.
Area of Science:
- Healthcare Management
- Bioethics
- Organizational Ethics
Background:
- The evolving healthcare landscape sees clinicians taking on managerial duties.
- This shift raises questions about the role of leadership in organizational ethics.
Purpose of the Study:
- To review the functions of hospital ethics committees.
- To discuss the ethical, conceptual, and practical implications of executive participation.
Main Methods:
- Literature review on ethics committee functions.
- Analysis of moral, conceptual, and practical issues related to executive involvement.
Main Results:
- Ethics committees serve crucial functions within healthcare organizations.
- Managerial participation presents specific considerations.
Conclusions:
- Executive management participation on ethics committees is deemed appropriate.
- Such involvement is considered necessary in contemporary healthcare settings.
Keywords:
Bioethics and Professional Ethics