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decisions faced by hospital ethics committees  

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  • Hospital ethics committees (HECs) are relatively new bodies in the field of healthcare. They are multidisciplinary hospital groups that assemble for the purposes of ethics education, case consultation, and policy development. [Source: Encyclopedia of Medical Decision Making; Decisions Faced by Hospital Ethics Committees]

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