Wildes Keven Wm
Kennedy Inst Ethics J. 1997 Dec;7(4):413-9. doi: 10.1353/ken.1997.0042.
Bioethics has focused on the areas of individual ethical choices -- patient care -- or public policy and law. There are however, important arenas for ethical choices that have been overlooked. Health care is populated with intermediate arenas such as hospitals, nursing homes, hospices, and health care systems. This essay argues that bioethics needs to develop a language and concepts for institutional ethics. A first step in this direction is to think about institutional conscience.
生物伦理学一直专注于个人伦理选择领域——患者护理——或公共政策与法律。然而，存在一些重要的伦理选择领域被忽视了。医疗保健领域充斥着诸如医院、疗养院、临终关怀机构和医疗保健系统等中间领域。本文认为，生物伦理学需要发展一套用于机构伦理的语言和概念。朝着这个方向迈出的第一步是思考机构良知。
