A benefit of having an ethics committee is that such committees:
a. provide guidance that assist with difficult decisions
b. are interdisciplinary and provide a way to decide what is right and wrong
c. provide guidance that assists with decisions concerning ethical dilemmas
d. provide guidance that assists with decisions related only to ethics and nursing practice
C
Ethics committees can be found in many health care organizations as a means of providing an ethical workplace. Ethics committees usually consist of an interdisciplinary group of people who assist in making decisions concerning ethical dilemmas. While these dilemmas may require difficult decisions on what may be "right" and "wrong" in certain circumstances, they tend to pertain only to ethical dilemmas and not to other types of decision making or concerns.
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