Hospital Ethics Committees in Poland
| Autor: | Marek Czarkowski, Beata Szymańska, Katarzyna Kaczmarczyk |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Health (social science) Health Personnel education Legislation Accreditation Interpersonal relationship Survey methodology Nursing Ethicists Codes of Ethics Surveys and Questionnaires Management of Technology and Innovation medicine Humans Interpersonal Relations Bioethical Issues Ethical code business.industry Health Policy Ethics committee Workload Bioethics Hospitals Issues ethics and legal aspects Attitude Professionalism Family medicine Guideline Adherence Poland Ethics Committees Clinical business |
| Zdroj: | Science and Engineering Ethics. 21:1525-1535 |
| ISSN: | 1471-5546 1353-3452 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s11948-014-9609-x |
| Popis: | According to UNESCO guidelines, one of the four forms of bioethics committees in medicine are the Hospital Ethics Committees (HECs). The purpose of this study was to evaluate how the above guidelines are implemented in real practice. There were 111 hospitals selected out of 176 Polish clinical hospitals and hospitals accredited by Center of Monitoring Quality in Health System. The study was conducted by the survey method. There were 56 (50%) hospitals that responded to the survey. The number of HECs members fluctuated between 3 and 16 members, where usually 5 (22% of HECs) members were part of the board committee. The composition of the HECs for professions other than physicians was diverse and non-standardized (nurses-in 86% of HECs, clergy-42%, lawyers-38%, psychologists-28%, hospital management-23%, rehab staff-7 %, patient representatives-3%, ethicists-2%). Only 55% of HECs had a professional set of standards. 98% of HECs had specific tasks. 62% of HECs were asked for their expertise, and 55% prepared |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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