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Hospital Ethics Committees in practice: The case review function of four HECs in Connecticut

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  1. Inga G. van der Heide M.A.
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This article is based on a study conducted from January to July, 1992 — "Hospital Ethics Committees — what are they doing? Exploring the case review function of four hospital ethics committees in Connecticut, U.S.A." The study fulfilled part of the requirements of the graduate program "Theory of Health Sciences" at the University of Limburg, Maastricht, the Netherlands.

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van der Heide, I.G. Hospital Ethics Committees in practice: The case review function of four HECs in Connecticut. HEC Forum 6, 73–84 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01463221

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