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Ole Isacson: Development of New Therapies for Parkinson's Disease

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Ethics been very good to us.

Giles R Scofield¹

¹Centre for Clinical Ethics, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario. giles.scofield@utoronto.ca

The Journal of Clinical Ethics

|July 25, 2012

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Accreditation, certification, and credentialing of hospital ethics consultants may illegally restrain trade. These efforts, while appearing to protect the public, might actually hinder fair competition in the healthcare sector.

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Published on: April 29, 2007

Area of Science:

Bioethics
Healthcare Law
Medical Professionalism

Background:

Growing interest in formalizing standards for hospital ethics consultants.
Concerns regarding the potential impact of professionalization on the field.

Purpose of the Study:

To critically examine the implications of accrediting, certifying, and credentialing hospital ethics consultants.
To question whether these processes constitute an illegal restraint on trade.

Main Methods:

Commentary and critical analysis of existing professional practices.
Legal and ethical framework evaluation.

Main Results:

The commentary posits that current credentialing efforts may function as an illegal restraint on trade.
These professionalization initiatives might be misrepresenting public protection motives.

Conclusions:

Further scrutiny is needed to determine if hospital ethics consultant credentialing practices violate trade laws.
The balance between public protection and fair market competition requires careful consideration.