Thaddeus Mason Pope

Healthcare Ethics Committees

This page collects key legal documents pertaining to healthcare ethics committees.

Clinical Ethics Consultation in 2035

In March 2025, I addressed what healthcare ethics would look like in 10 years, in 2035. This was at Emory University for the 30th Annual Healthcare Ethics Consortium Conference.

https://www.hcecg.org/

Statutes on Healthcare Ethics Committees

New York Family Health Care Decisions Act (2010)

Andalucia, Derechos y Garantías de la Dignidad de la Persona en el Proceso de la Muerte (2010)

Regulations on Healthcare Ethics Committees

Infant Care Review Committees, 45 CFR 84.55

Andalucía, Decreto 439/2010, por el que se regulan los órganos de ética asistencial y de la investigación biomédica (2010)

Cases on Healthcare Ethics Committees

Woods v. Kentucky (Ky. 2004)

In re Edna MF (Wis. 1997)

In re Browning (Fla. 1990)

In re Jobes (N.J. 1987)

In re Torres (Minn. 1984)

In re Quinlan (N.J. 1976)

Recommended Resources on Ethics Committees

The Growing Power of Healthcare Ethics Committees Heightens Due Process Concerns, 15(2) CARDOZO JOURNAL OF CONFLICT RESOLUTION 425-447 (2014).

Legal Briefing: Healthcare Ethics Committees, 22(1) J. CLINICAL ETHICS 74-93 (2011).

Multi-Institutional Hospital Ethics Committees: For Rural Hospitals, and Urban Ones Too, 8(4) AM. J. BIOETHICS 69-71 (April 2008)

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