Mission
The mission of the Health Care Ethics Consortium of Georgia (HCECG) is to benefit health care organizations, health care professionals and ultimately recipients of care by supporting and encouraging the development of structures and practices that keep ethics central to health care
Vision
HCECG will become a nationally recognized center of excellence providing leadership in health care ethics education, reflection, and practice.
Values
Ethical Reflection, Ethics Education, Commitment to Ethics at all Levels of the Organization, Communication, Respect for Individual (Recipients and Providers of Care), Collaboration, Open Dialogue and Debate.
Value Statements
- We place the highest value on the incorporation of ethical reflection in examining all facets of health care delivery.
- We value the importance of ethics education in clincial and organization setting.
- We are committed to supporting health care organizations in keeping ethics central to system decisions at the highest level and through our the organization.
- We value the importance of communication between caregivers and patients, respect for diversity of values, and a collaborative and fully informed process for decision-making.
- We value each health care recipient as an individual in need of care and as a member of the larger community.
- We value each individual provider as a professional whose primary focus is the welfare of those individuals in his or her care.
- In an era of intensive competition, we value collaboration among health care professionals and organizations.
- We value open dialogue and debate on ethical issues at the clinical, organizational and public policy level.
- We recognize the intrinsic value of HCECG and will support the association's values within our practices and the work of our organization.
