ethics committees

Preferred Label : ethics committees;

MeSH definition : 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.;

MeSH synonym : ethics committee; committee, ethics; committees, ethics;

MeSH hyponym : regional ethics committees; institutional ethics committees; Committee, Regional Ethics; Committees, Regional Ethics; Ethics Committee, Regional; Ethics Committees, Regional; Regional Ethics Committee; Committee, Institutional Ethics; Committees, Institutional Ethics; Ethics Committee, Institutional; Ethics Committees, Institutional; Institutional Ethics Committee;

Details

Origin ID

D017041;

UMLS CUI

C0085546;

Allowable qualifiers
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- legislation and jurisprudence [MeSH Qualifier]
- organization & administration [MeSH Qualifier]
- standards [MeSH Qualifier]
- statistics and numerical data [MeSH Qualifier]
- trends [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Ethics Committee [NCIt concept]
Record concept(s)
- ethics committees [MeSH concept]
- institutional ethics committees [MeSH concept]
- regional ethics committees [MeSH concept]
See also
- advisory committees [MeSH Descriptor]
- animal care committees [MeSH Descriptor]
- ethical review [MeSH Descriptor]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- bioethics [MeSH Descriptor]
- ethics, medical [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Professional or Occupational Group [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Ethics Committee [NCIt concept]

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