Glenn G. Griener

The Ethics of Dietary Supplements and Natural Health Products in Pharmacy Practice: A Systematic Documentary Analysis

Objectives Many natural health products and dietary supplements are purchased in pharmacies and it has been argued that pharmacists are in the best position to provide patients with evidence‐based information about them. This study was designed to identify how the pharmacists role with respect to natural health products and dietary supplements is portrayed in the literature.

Hospital ethics committees: Problems in evaluation

Hospital ethics committees continue to proliferate, despite the fact that their impact upon practice has not been rigorously evaluated. This paper investigates the reasons why the often recommended evaluation has not yet occurred. One reason cited is that three different roles - education, policy formulation, and case review - need to be assessed. The principal reason why the most novel of the roles, case review, has not been evaluated is because of unresolved dispute over the goals of review.

Ethics Committees in Canadian Hospitals: Report of the 1990 Pilot Study

The second phase of a Canada-wide study of ethics committees in English-language hospitals in Canada involved site visits to five selected hospitals to assess the effectiveness of the ethics committee. In this article the findings of this pilot study are reported, including the perspectives of physicians, nurses and hospital administrators on the ethics committee of the various hospitals. The results of the study, albeit limited by being a pilot study, raise a series of questions for hospital administrators, medical administrators and nursing administrators.

Ethics Committees in Canadian Hospitals: Report of the 1989 Survey

A survey of English-language hospitals with more than 300 beds in Canada was conducted in 1989 to assess institutional ethics committees. A dramatic increase was found in the growth of such committees, compared with a similar survey taken in 1984. The growth and the activities of institutional ethics committees are discussed, noting the need for more attention for research on their effectiveness.