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Including Organizational Ethics in Policy Review Processes in Healthcare Institutions: A View from Canada

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  1. Fiona McDonald L.L.M., J.S.D. (c) (Associate Lecturer, Former member)

    Present address: School of Law, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia

  2. Christy Simpson Ph.D. (Current Member)

    Present address: IWK Ethics Committee, Room C315, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 4H7, Canada

Authors and Affiliations

  1. IWK Ethics Committee School of Law, 2 George Street, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, QLD, 4001, Australia

    Fiona McDonald L.L.M., J.S.D. (c) (Associate Lecturer, Former member)

  2. Department of Bioethics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

    Christy Simpson Ph.D. (Current Member)

  3. IWK Health Centre, 5850/5980 University Avenue, P.O. Box 9700, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3K 6R8, Canada

    Fran O’Brien (past Chair and current IWK Ethics Committee member)

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McDonald, F., Simpson, C. & O’Brien, F. Including Organizational Ethics in Policy Review Processes in Healthcare Institutions: A View from Canada. HEC Forum 20, 137–153 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10730-008-9067-4

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