Health care is one of the most important and developing spheres nowadays. In my humble opinion, committees play very important role in this. Moreover, approximately 85% of hospitals now have ethics committees. (Ross, 1993)
I assume that healthcare experts are sensibly comfortable with learning in groups and that, by means of their association; they try to satisfy the mission of the group or committee. This is the reason why all of them populate these committees. Furthermore, as for me, most people do not really know what constitutes an ethical consideration. Hester (2012) stays that while these individuals are the ones both medical professionals and patients turn to for ethical insight into the complexities of medical decision-making, they themselves recognize that they are under-prepared to handle the depth and complexity of many moral problems raised by health care.
The most visible and controversial role of committees is to consult on difficult clinical decisions. However, I believe that a need to guide the staff in making ethical decisions and educating them about healthcare ethics is much more important. the role of nurses has grown immeasurably in modern conditions. From passive physician assistant, the person carrying out the simplest medical procedures and patient care, the nurse becomes a significant figure in modern health care. She becomes more independent, is closer to the patient than the doctor. This is particularly apparent, for example, in hospices, because of incurable patients most in need of compassionate nursing care, psychological and spiritual support.
Empathy and compassion should be the inner content, the core of the health care worker, who should express it with their actions and daily behaviour. Ethical beliefs of nurses should find its expression not in a loud statement about the love of humanity, but in everyday working primarily through communication with patients, their loved ones, in relationships with colleagues.
References
Hester, D. & Schonfeld, T. (2012). Guidance for healthcare ethics committees. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Ross, J. (1993). Health care ethics committees. Chicago, Ill.: American Hospital Pub.
