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Hospital Ethics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 December 2009

Dennis F Thompson
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Hospital ethics, familiar enough in practice but surprisingly neglected in the literature, deals with the ethical problems that arise distinctively or typically in hospitals. More precisely, it consists of the ethical principles that shouldgovern 1) the conduct of healthcare professionals and other staff in their capacities as members of the hospital as an institution, and 2) the conduct of the hospital itself as an institution. It is a species of institutional ethics, which focuses on the ethical problems created or significantly shaped by the institutional setting in which they occur.

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Special Section: Hospitals and Moral Imperatives
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Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics , Volume 1 , Issue 3 , Summer 1992 , pp. 203 - 210
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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