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Ethics Committees, Organ Transplantation and Public Policy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 April 2021

Bernard M. Dickens
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It has recently been observed that in the United States hospital ethics committees have passed through their infancy and that, even though they may not yet have come of age, they have entered their adolescence. Accordingly, they must increasingly expect to be held to account for their conduct, and be prepared for others to anticipate not only that they can be self-reliant but that their communities may rely on them to undertake several functions of public significance. The claim that they have grown beyond their infancy remains contentious in the U.S., and is unlikely to be made of Canadian hospitals ethics committees with the same confidence. It is not too early, however, to anticipate a time when Canadian committees too may be considered capable of performing acts that are of considerable public importance, particularly concerning hospital policies on organ transplantation.

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Law, Medicine and Healthcare , Volume 20 , Issue 4 , Winter 1992 , pp. 300 - 306
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Copyright © American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics 1992

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