Ethical Review
"Ethical Review" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A formal process of examination of patient care or research proposals for conformity with ethical standards. The review is usually conducted by an organized clinical or research ethics committee (CLINICAL ETHICS COMMITTEES or RESEARCH ETHICS COMMITTEES), sometimes by a subset of such a committee, an ad hoc group, or an individual ethicist (ETHICISTS).
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D026724
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| MeSH Number(s) |
K01.752.566.479.117 N05.350.250
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Singer PA, Siegler M, Lantos JD, Emond JC, Whitington PF, Thistlethwaite JR, Broelsch CE. The ethical assessment of innovative therapies: liver transplantation using living donors. Theor Med. 1990 Jun; 11(2):87-94.
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Lantos JD. The Hastings Center Project on Imperiled Newborns: supreme court, jury, or Greek chorus? Pediatrics. 1989 Apr; 83(4):615-6.