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Peer reviewedCsikai, Ellen L. – Health and Social Work, 2004
Ethical dilemmas are inherent in every health care setting. A sample of hospice social workers with no direct access to a hospice ethics committee (N = 110) was surveyed regarding ethical issues in hospice care, how the issues were managed, and the extent to which social workers participated in resolution of ethical dilemmas. Common issues…
Descriptors: Patients, Terminal Illness, Social Work, Hospices (Terminal Care)
