Conflicts of Care - Hospital Ethics Committees in the USA and Germany

Contents

Acknowledgement

Introduction

State of the Art, Theoretical Framework and Methodological Considerations

1 State of the Art in Social Science Research

2 Theoretical Framework and Research Design

3 Method and Sources of Information

Historical Analysis Bioethics and Hospital Ethics Committees

1 US-American Bioethics and the Move into the Practical Arena

2 Traces and Beginnings of Consultation by Committees

3 The Development of Contemporary Hospital Ethics Committees

4 Summary

Relational Analysis Care and Hospital Ethics Committees

1 The Care Ethics Debate and Nursing since 1980

2 Feminist and Nursing Studies in Care Ethics since 1990

3 Concerns of Care, Conflicts and Nurses’ Participation in Hospital Ethics Committees

4 Summary

Practical Arena Analysis Practices in Hospital Ethics Committees in Germany

1 Introduction of the Field Research

2 Analysis of the Field Data

3 Summary

Résumé

List of Abbreviations

References