Charting the Future: Credentialing, Privileging, Quality, and Evaluation in Clinical Ethics Consultation

Clinical ethics consultation has become an important resource, but unlike other health care disciplines, it has no accreditation or accepted curriculum for training programs, no standards for practice, and no way to measure effectiveness. The Clinical Ethics Credentialing Project was launched to pil...

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Published in:The Hastings Center report 2009-11, Vol.39 (6), p.23-33
Main Authors: Dubler, Nancy Neveloff, Webber, Mayris P., Swiderski, Deborah M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accreditation
Advisory Committees
Bioethics
Clinical ethics
Consulting services
Credentialing - standards
Curriculum
Ethical instruction
Ethicists - education
Ethicists - standards
Ethics
Ethics committees
Ethics Consultation - organization & administration
Ethics Consultation - standards
Ethics Consultation - trends
Ethics, Clinical
Ethics, Medical
Ethics, Professional
Family
Humans
Legal ethics
Medical ethics
Medical practice
Medical Records
Medical specialists
Patient care
Professional Autonomy
Professional certification
Professional Competence
Quality management
Quality of Health Care
Social Responsibility
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Summary:Clinical ethics consultation has become an important resource, but unlike other health care disciplines, it has no accreditation or accepted curriculum for training programs, no standards for practice, and no way to measure effectiveness. The Clinical Ethics Credentialing Project was launched to pilot-test approaches to train, credential, privilege, and evaluate consultants.
ISSN:0093-0334
1552-146X
1552-146X
DOI:10.1353/hcr.0.0208