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.

Descriptor ID	D017041
MeSH Number(s)	K01.752.566.479.147 N04.452.758.788.300 N05.350.268 N05.700.685.300
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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