Ethics Committees

**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.

**Tree numbers:** - K01.752.566.479.147 - N04.452.758.788.300 - N05.350.268 - N05.700.685.300