Ethical Issues In Healthcare Institutions

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Hello Radhames, Thank you for sharing your interesting story with the class. I enjoyed reading your post, unfortunately, most healthcare institutions have endured scenarios similar to what you described in your post. Furthermore, irrespective of the organizational structure or the size of the institution, a mix of politics and power struggle among members can derail the agenda of a committee. I agree, there are several instances where committees are formed to address particular issues and the majority of the committee members will have no hands-on experience about the issues they are supposed to nurture, or in some instances, you have committee members that are completely clueless about the issues they are supposedly nurturing.

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