PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - E. H. Kluge
TI  - The roles and functions of hospital-based ethics committees
DP  - 1996 Apr 01
TA  - Canadian Medical Association Journal
PG  - 1094--1095
VI  - 154
IP  - 7
4099  - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/154/7/1094.short
4100  - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/154/7/1094.full
SO  - CMAJ1996 Apr 01; 154
AB  - Ethics committees ar becoming much more visible on the Canadian health care scene. They range from research-ethics committees that decide whether research projects are ethically sound to case-oriented committees that look at particular issues and give advice. Eike-Henner Kluge says that ethics committees are useful tools, but only when they are appropriately constituted and function in a professional manner. Otherwise, he warns, they become either useless or a liability.