Monika, Bobbert (2025) Health Care Ethics Committees (HECs) – a useful instrument for legal compliance? EUROPEAN INTEGRATION STUDIES, 21 (1 spec). pp. 155-190. ISSN 1588-6735
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Abstract
Until now, health care respective hospital ethics committees (HECs) have hardly been considered as an instrument of compliance. This article presents an initial review of this established structure from the point of view of legal compliance. To this end, the emergence, dissemination, and functioning of HECs in the USA and Germany are presented and questions of quality are addressed. The extent to which the structure of ethics committees in health care facilities can be viewed and utilized as a compliance tool is examined in relation to compliance as a means of ensuring legal conformity, preventing legal violations, and as a compliance culture. It is shown that HECs are suitable as a compliance tool if they function well, but that some improvements are still needed, especially with regard to the ethical and legal expertise of the counselors and the financial resources of the structure.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Health care ethics committee, ethics consultation, hospitals, legal compliance, patient rights, patient´s well-being, legal conformity, prevention |
| Subjects: | K Law / jog > K Law (General) / jogtudomány általában R Medicine / orvostudomány > RZ Other systems of medicine / orvostudomány egyéb területei |
| SWORD Depositor: | MTMT SWORD |
| Depositing User: | MTMT SWORD |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Feb 2026 08:37 |
| Last Modified: | 18 Feb 2026 08:37 |
| URI: | https://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/234518 |
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