Humanities

Ethical Review

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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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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  • Review, Ethical

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Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, standards.

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History Note

2002; use ETHICS 1993-2001

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  • Ethics (1979-2001)

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  1. K01w.752w.566w.479w.117
  2. N05.350w.250

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Ethical Review. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D026724. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D026724
  2. Ethical Review. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q59094171