Humanities

Ethics Committees

Committees established by professional societies, health facilities, or other institutions to consider decisions that have bioethical implications. The role of these committees may include consultation, education, mediation, and/or review of policies and practices. Committees that consider the ethical dimensions of patient care are ETHICS COMMITTEES, CLINICAL; committees established to protect the welfare of research subjects are ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH.

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Committees established by professional societies, health facilities, or other institutions to consider decisions that have bioethical implications. The role of these committees may include consultation, education, mediation, and/or review of policies and practices. Committees that consider the ethical dimensions of patient care are ETHICS COMMITTEES, CLINICAL; committees established to protect the welfare of research subjects are ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH.

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15 entry terms
  • Committee, Ethics
  • Committees, Ethics
  • Ethics Committee
  • Institutional Ethics Committees
  • Regional Ethics Committees
  • Committee, Institutional Ethics
  • Committee, Regional Ethics
  • Committees, Institutional Ethics
  • Committees, Regional Ethics
  • Ethics Committee, Institutional
  • Ethics Committee, Regional
  • Ethics Committees, Institutional
  • Ethics Committees, Regional
  • Institutional Ethics Committee
  • Regional Ethics Committee

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

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  • Ethics, Medical (1966-1991)
  • Professional Staff Committees (1975-1991)

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  2. N04w.452.758.788.300w
  3. N05.350w.268w
  4. N05.700.685.300w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Ethics Committees. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D017041. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D017041
  2. Ethics Committees. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethics_committee
  3. Ethics Committees. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q59057226