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Ethics without Walls: The Transformation of Ethics Committees in the New Healthcare Environment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 July 2009

Kate T. Christensen  and
Robin Tucker
Kate T. Christensen
Affiliation:
An internist with the Permanente Medical Group in Northern California. She is also the regional ethics coordinator for the Group, and in that capacity organizes educational forums, conducts research, and provides leadership for the ethics activities for the Northern California region of Kaiser Permanente.
Robin Tucker
Affiliation:
A member of Kaiser Permanente Consulting in the Northern California region where she provides project management, strategic analysis, and consulting services.
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Extract

As the structure of healthcare delivery undergoes a breathtaking transformation, many ethics committees are wondering how and if they will be affected. Although the impact has not yet been widely felt, hospital-based ethics committees cannot avoid the pressures and upheaval caused by the reorganization of healthcare. This article will briefly review some of the factors contributing to the transformation of medicine, and suggest a number of ways in which ethics committees can respond proactively.

Type
Special Section: Healthcare Ethics Committees and Consultants: The State of the Art
Information
Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics , Volume 6 , Issue 3 , Summer 1997 , pp. 299 - 301
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1997

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