Humanities

Clinical Ethics Committees

Hospital or other institutional ethics committees established to consider the ethical dimensions of patient care. Distinguish from ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH, which are established to monitor the welfare of patients or healthy volunteers participating in research studies.

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Abstract

Hospital or other institutional ethics committees established to consider the ethical dimensions of patient care. Distinguish from ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH, which are established to monitor the welfare of patients or healthy volunteers participating in research studies.

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Synonyms

11 entry terms
  • Clinical Ethics Committee
  • Committee, Clinical Ethics
  • Committee, Hospital Ethics
  • Committees, Clinical Ethics
  • Committees, Hospital Ethics
  • Ethics Committee, Clinical
  • Ethics Committee, Hospital
  • Ethics Committees, Clinical
  • Ethics Committees, Hospital
  • Hospital Ethics Committee
  • Hospital Ethics Committees

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9 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

distinguish from ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH

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History Note

2002

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Previous Indexing

  • Ethics Committees (1979-2001)

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  1. K01w.752w.566w.479w.147w.500
  2. N04w.452.758.788.300w.500
  3. N05.350w.268w.500
  4. N05.700.685.300w.500

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Clinical Ethics Committees. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D028741. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D028741
  2. Clinical Ethics Committees. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27913684