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Clinical Ethics Committees

A Practical Response to Ethical Problems in Clinical Practice

Steven D. Edwards

University of Wales Swansea, UK, s.d.edwards{at}swansea.ac.uk

Eddy Street

Cardiff, UK

This article describes a recent development in the way in which ethical problems in clinical practice are being dealt with. The development of a network of Clinical Ethics Committees (CECs) across the UK is described, and the rationale for their emergence is explored. With the aid of a case example, two of the main methods available to CECs for analysis of cases referred to them are illustrated. A contrast is drawn between psychological and `medical ethical' responses to the case example.

Key Words: clinical ethics committee • ethics • four principles • four-topics method

Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Vol. 12, No. 2, 253-260 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/1359104507075930
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