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Caring for patients is both a science and an art, and the latter is informed to a large extent by value judgments of both patients and clinicians. Moreover, clinical practice is profoundly affected by health policy and law. The creation of sound policy and legislation requires thoughtful consideration of human values, reflected in such disciplines as philosophy, history, literature, theology, and the social sciences, as well as in medicine and law. The Institute of Human Values in Health Care, therefore, draws its diverse academic faculty from the colleges, universities, and professional communities of South Carolina. The mission of the Institute is to conduct interdisciplinary research and to publish analytic studies relating human values to the development of health policy, legislation, and systems of delivery of patient care. As part of its broad mission, it also creates and maintains educational and research programs that relate human values to health policy and patient care. Through its work, the Institute serves as a resource for educational institutions, for health care organizations, and for local, state, and federal government. Members and faculty of the Institute of Human Values in Health Care play a fundamental role in shaping the goals and principals of these programs.
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