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Suffering as a Consideration in Ethical Decision Making

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 December 2009

Erich H. Loewy
Erich H. Loewy
Affiliation:
University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, and Associate Professor of Humanities (Ethics), University of Illinois at Chicago
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Erhics committees and ethics consultants are becoming more involved in helping individuals make decisions and in advising institutions and legislatures about drafting policy. The role of these committees and consultants has been acknowledged in law, and their function is generally considered salutory and helpful. Ethics consultants and committees, furthermore, play a critical role in educating students and members of the hospital community and the public at large. More over, many ethicists engage in scholarky activities to expand the boundaries of our understanding and, in turn, facilitate our capacity for helping. The role of the ethicist and of the ethics committee is thus manifold. Ethics committees and ethics consultants somehow “in competition” is a mistaken notion: when ethics committees, ethics consultants, and the community work smoothly together, much good can be accomplished.

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Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics , Volume 1 , Issue 2 , Spring 1992 , pp. 135 - 142
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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