 Ethics Committees
"Ethics Committees" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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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D017041
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| MeSH Number(s) |
K01.316.173 N04.452.758.788.300 N05.350.268 N05.700.685.300
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| Concept/Terms |
Ethics Committees- Ethics Committees
- Committee, Ethics
- Committees, Ethics
- Ethics Committee
Regional Ethics Committees- Regional Ethics Committees
- Committee, Regional Ethics
- Committees, Regional Ethics
- Ethics Committee, Regional
- Ethics Committees, Regional
- Regional Ethics Committee
Institutional Ethics Committees- Institutional Ethics Committees
- Committee, Institutional Ethics
- Committees, Institutional Ethics
- Ethics Committee, Institutional
- Ethics Committees, Institutional
- Institutional Ethics Committee
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| 1992 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1993 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ethics Committees" by people in Profiles.
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Sulmasy DP. Ethical Principles, Process, and the Work of Bioethics Commissions. Hastings Cent Rep. 2017 May; 47 Suppl 1:S50-S53.
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Reider B. Happy (belated) anniversary, Helsinki. Am J Sports Med. 2015 Mar; 43(3):539-41.
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Mercurio MR, Adam MB, Forman EN, Ladd RE, Ross LF, Silber TJ. American Academy of Pediatrics policy statements on bioethics: summaries and commentaries: part 1. Pediatr Rev. 2008 Jan; 29(1):e1-8.
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Ross LF. Do healthy children deserve greater protection in medical research? J Pediatr. 2003 Feb; 142(2):108-12.
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Heilicser BJ, Meltzer D, Siegler M. The effect of clinical medical ethics consultation on healthcare costs. J Clin Ethics. 2000; 11(1):31-8.
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Karlawish JH, Hougham GW, Stocking CB, Sachs GA. What is the quality of the reporting of research ethics in publications of nursing home research? J Am Geriatr Soc. 1999 Jan; 47(1):76-81.
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Moss AH, Stocking CB, Sachs GA, Siegler M. Variation in the attitudes of dialysis unit medical directors toward decisions to withhold and withdraw dialysis. J Am Soc Nephrol. 1993 Aug; 4(2):229-34.
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La Puma J, Darling CM, Stocking CB, Schiller K. A perinatal ethics committee on abortion: process and outcome in thirty-one cases. J Clin Ethics. 1992; 3(3):196-203.
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